Dental assistants perform a variety of duties in a dental office, primarily assisting the dentist during the examination and treatment of patients with 4-handed dentistry, passing instruments and keeping the working field clean and secure. They are responsible for gathering information from the patient and monitoring the patient for comfort with a duty to relay information to the doctor. Dental assistants sterilize prepare instrumentation required for dental care.
A knowledge of compliance and regulations specific to healthcare is critical to safely provide care both for patients and all clinical staff including one’s self. Dental assistants must be reliable, work well with others, and have suitable manual dexterity.
Financial information
Total tuition
$0.00
Total required fees
$0.00
Books and supplies
$0.00
Locations
Tacoma
Instructional methods
In-person Primary Location, In-Person Variable Sites
Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?
No
Additional details
Award name
Diploma
Education Prerequisites
None
Prerequisite courses and other requirements
N/A
Is this program approved to train veterans?
No
Program languages
English
Certification/license obtained as part of training program
N/A
Certification/license test preparation provided
N/A
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.
Top industries for graduates
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.
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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