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Complete 13-Week Program
Our comprehensive 13-week program provides your new team everything they need to equip students as trained Dental Assistants.
I really felt that the externship helped reinforce the information that I learned in class. I believe that I have the dental assistant skills and it shows because I got a job offer prior to graduation. I really loved the fact that the labs were very hands on and that the teachers were straightforward with everything.
- Small Classes
- Personalized Education
- 13-Week Program
- Evening Classes (4 hours a week)
- 81 hours of lecture and lab
- 50-hour Externship in a Dental Practice
- 131 total program hours
- Preparation for Certification
For more details on the curriculum and program, download our Course Catalog.
Program outcomes
Our curriculum prepares students with the skills and knowledge necessary to assist dentists and hygienists in all chairside procedures. Students that graduate from this program will be able to effectively perform the following procedures:
- Pass instruments and supplies to the dentists
- Use suction devices to keep patients mouth clear and dry
- Prepare materials
- Set-up and sterilize instruments and equipment
- Remove sutures
- Prepare dental charts
- Apply topical anesthetics
- Apply bleaching agents and fissure sealants
- Remove stained and soft deposits from the clinical crown of a tooth
- Selection and placement of matrix bands during amalgam and composite resin restoration
- Placement of dental dams
- Fluoride placements
- Take and develop dental x-rays
- Take impressions of patients teeth
- Obtain patients’ medical history
- Obtain blood pressure and pulse
- Provide instructions on oral care and hygiene
- Medical Emergencies, render basic first aid and CPR
The best part about class was when we cleaned each other’s teeth. I had the best time and laughed so much. I got a job offer at graduation and I am very excited. The teachers were very receptive to questions that each student had and that made learning much easier.
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