Ellen Gambardella, CDA
Nutting Lake, MA
Certified for 40 Years
"Currently I am a Director of Dental Assisting at Minuteman Technical Adult Career Center in Lexington, MA.  The dental assisting profession has remained a service-oriented position that is dedicated to betterment of oral health.  Its wonderful networking environment has remained constant over many years.  The DANB credential enhances my image by establishing credibility.  It alerts people to the level of competency and knowledge one possesses."

Rhonda M. Peterson, CDA
Marble, NC
Certified for 15 Years
"One of my most proud moments in my years of dentistry was becoming a CDA.  I was the first CDA in western North Carolina.  I consider it to be an honor to have a job that I not only love but also a wonderful and professional career.  It makes me proud to say I am a CDA and my advice to other dental assistants would be to become certified.  It not only supports you better financially, it also is rewarding when your patients know that you took that "extra step" in learning more about the profession that you are in."


Ellen Dietz, CDA Emeritus
Mesa, AZ
Certified in 1971
"Currently I am self-employed.  I will be publishing my sixth book on dental assisting.  My advice to new dental assistants is to get all the continuing education courses you need to stay certified and current.  Be proud of who you are and what you do."

Kathryn Goller, CDA Emeritus, RDH, BS
Pensacola, FL
Certified in 1948
"Today more than ever they are concerned about credentials, and I have noticed that if they don't see them, they will ask about them."

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