Most dental assistants who choose to become nationally certified take the Dental Assisting National Board's (DANB) Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) examination. Becoming a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) assures the public that the dental assistant is prepared to assist competently in the provision of dental care.
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up Synonyms beachfront, sand(s), strand Related Words seaboard, seacoast, seashore, seaside; coast, coastland, coastline, shore, shoreline; oceanfront, shorefront, waterfront; bank, riverbank, riverfront, riverside; ...
1620s, convenient sea room (both for ships and sailors), of uncertain origin, probably from bear (v.) + abstract noun suffix -th (2) as in strength, health, etc. Original sense is preserved in phrase to give (something or someone) wide berth. Meaning place on a ship to stow chests, room for sailors is from 1706; extended to non-nautical situations by 1778.