The Dental Assisting Program is designed by practicing dentists and experienced dental assistants in the setting of a functioning dental practice. The program's objective is to expose students to a wide range of techniques, materials and dental knowledge, but most importantly, to focus on the skills dentists see as "core essentials" for employability as a dental assistant in the offices of dental specialists including Endodontists, Periodontists, Orthodontists, Prosthodontists, Pediatric Dentists and Oral Surgeons. Each lab class period is 4 hours in length and meets Monday and Wednesday evenings, for a total of 16 lectures. Lectures and laboratory sessions are followed by two weeks of externship at the end of the program. Classes are taught as shown and the prerequisite for each class is the completion of the previous class. The program is a 10-week program designed to teach all essential skills for an entry level position as a dental assistant. The essential hands-on skills student will learn are taking x-rays, alginate impressions, pouring stone casts, rubber dam placements, bands and wedges, four handed dentistry and fabricating temporary crowns.
Financial information
Total tuition
$0.00
Total required fees
$0.00
Books and supplies
$0.00
Locations
Seattle
Instructional methods
Hybrid or Blended Program
Is this program offered on evenings and weekends?
No
Additional details
Award name
Certificate
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
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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