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 softwareObtaining health histories and maintaining patient records. Mastering recall systems. Bookkeeping and billing practices. Completing dental insurance claim forms. CDT (current dental terminology) coding.