A career of helping people improve their dental health will be rewarding and enormously satisfying for you. No two days will ever be the same and your job will continuously renew itself. Dental assisting is a career that will always be in demand and in need of enthusiastic, trained and caring individuals. This could be you, couldn't it?
Our course is designed to give students maximum hands on training in a real dental office. The teaching is stimulating, fast-paced and relies heavily on your participation.
The dental profession is currently facing a shortage of trained assistants. Often doctors call our office asking for a list of recent graduates. Many of our students obtain a job before finishing the course.
Following your training in this ten-week course, you will have the confidence and skills necessary to apply for these positions.
The starting pay scale for experienced dental assistants is considerably higher than non-experienced and most offices will not even consider anyone with no experience. We are often asked what can a graduate from our course expect to make in their first job. The answer depends of where the office is. Offices in the metropolitan area generally pay higher salaries than those in suburban areas. Graduates of our course can expect to start well above the pay scale of those with no experience, but less than experienced assistants, which is good news due to the fact that as your experience and skills develop with time on the job your level of pay should also rise.
Our dental assistant program is held 4 times a year for 10 weeks. Our classes are held on Saturdays only from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
This allows our students to still work during the week if need be.
Dental & oral anatomy, tooth numbering
Instrument nomenclature
Dental terminology
Equipment operation
Instrument transfer techniques & chair-side assisting
Use of instruments & materials to assist in Operative Dentistry,
Oral Surgery, Crown and Bridge, Endodontics, Periodontics,
Pedodontics and Orthodontics
X-ray theory and techniques, use of Rinn Holders
Intra oral, bite wing, panoramic and endodontics exposure methods
Developing X-rays using manual processing
X-ray safety and precautions
Impression materials and practice in their use: alginates
Model pouring and trimming
Sterilization theory and terminology, autoclave operation
Instrument and equipment sterilization/disinfection
Treatment room disinfection and sepsis techniques
Typical interview questions
Proper attire for interview
Skills testing