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Administrative Dental Assistant
Pierce College

Administrative Dental Assistant

Pierce College ETPL
A dental assistant's duties typically involve managing medical records, accounts receivable, and reimbursement, as well as billing patients and insurance, scheduling patients, and performing procedural and diagnostic coding. You'll also learn important foundational skills such as dental terminology and anatomy, as well as written and oral communication skills. This program provides comprehensive instruction with DENTRIX G4 software, which includes sample practice opportunities. You can also use this software to engage in activities and tasks that you would perform in an actual dental practice and use it to demonstrate your skills. Textbooks are included in the cost of the course. What You Will Learn: Foundational skills for dental office administration, such as communication. Basic industry knowledge, including dental terminology and diseases. Scheduling patients using common industry software. Obtaining health histories and maintaining patient records. Mastering recall systems. Bookkeeping and billing practices. Completing dental insurance claim forms. CDT (current dental terminology) coding.
Visit the program website Rachelle McGinnis Administrator (253) 840-8450 ext. ce-questions@pierce.ctc.edu

Financial information

Total tuition

$2,195.00

Total required fees

$0.00

Books and supplies

$0.00

Locations

N/A

Instructional methods

Online, E-learning, or Distance Learning

Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?

No

Program details

6 Months

Length of training

Certificate

Award type

N/A

Credits

150

Clock Hours (Total)

Additional details

Award name

Certificate of Completion

Education Prerequisites

No Selection

Prerequisite courses and other requirements

Is this program approved to train veterans?

No

Program languages

English

Certification/license obtained as part of training program

Certification/license test preparation provided

Employment performance results

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.

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Student characteristics

Data is unavailable for one of several reasons: In some cases, the institution has not provided the Workforce Board with data to independently evaluate program performance. We encourage all schools to provide this data on an annual basis. In other cases, the program joined Career Bridge recently and student data has not been reported yet. In other cases, the program is too small or too new to provide reliable results.