[Verified Answer]: It is paramount for a dentist to provide the…

It is paramount for a dentist to provide the best patient care possible. The dental assistant, even though he or she may perform unskilled work such as fitting a patient with a bib, must also know the proper use of surgical and sterilization techniques to ensure patient safety. Formally educated dental assistants have the knowledge to understand the difference between sterilization and disinfection, and the relative importance of both. Since such are nearly always performed by dental assistants, a dental assistant can be correctly identified as a: knowledge workers information technicians information monitors knowledge shareholders transactional processors