Career Education Dental Assistant Program

The  Dental Assistant training program was developed in consultation with area Dentists and follows the American Dental Association (ADA) Guidelines for dental assistant training.

Sample Dental Assistant Course Outline

Some of the Dental Assisting Skills you will learn as a student at the  School Include:

General Course Requirements

Interpersonal Communication
This course examines perspectives and research on verbal and non-verbal elements of communication.

Success Skills
This course covers developing student’s success skills. Areas covered include test taking skills, study habits, time management, goal setting, effective communication, and patient service skills.

Professional Development
This course assists the student’s in developing effective job search skills.


Core Dental Assistant Course Requirements

Basics of Orofacial (oral cavity, neck, and head) Anatomy
This course provides the student with a fundamental introduction to the structures included in Orofacial Anatomy.

Introduction to Dental Assisting Careers
This course provides the student with an overview of modern dental practice and the specific job roles dental assistants play. Topics also include history of dentistry, dental specialties, legal, ethical and professional responsibilities of dental assisting.

Dental Materials
This course instructs the student in identification, properties, evaluation of quality, measures and values related to proper handling and storage of operative and specialty dental equipment and materials.

Dental Materials Lab
This is the companion laboratory class to the dental materials course described above. Students will have the opportunity to apply their dental materials knowledge in a laboratory environment.

Dental Radiology
This course provides the student with a comprehensive overview of the principles and procedures of dental radiology.

Dental Radiology Lab
This is the companion laboratory class to the dental radiology course described above. Students will have the opportunity to apply their dental radiological knowledge in a laboratory environment

Dental Specialty Principles & Techniques
This course explores dental specialties of endodontics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, and other specialty dental practices with emphasis on the role that dental assistants perform in a specialty dental practice.

Dental Practice Management
This course provides the student with an evaluation of the principles and procedures related to management of a successful dental practice.

Advanced Dental Operative Procedures
This course instructs students in advanced dental procedures involved in restorative dentistry.

Advanced Dental Operative Procedures Lab
This is the companion laboratory class to the advanced dental operative course described above. Students will have the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge in a laboratory environment

Clinical Practice – Dental Externship
In the externship portion of training, students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in an actual dental clinical or dentist office setting.