Entry-Level Dental Assistant Program

Service Description

The 12-week Entry Level Dental Assistant Program will provide dental assistance training to students as a path to enter the dental profession. Royal Dental Academy realizes that some people learn better with a hands-on training approach rather than an educational lecture approach, therefore Royal Dental Academy has developed a dental assistant training curriculum for this type of learner. This 12-week entry-level dental assistant training program teaches students the knowledge and professionalism it takes to be a part of the dental workforce in this exciting field of healthcare. This program allows interested students to gain the basic knowledge and skills of entry-level dental assistance, to offer chair-side assistance to the dentist, expose dental radiographs (including intake work), prepare the patient for an examination or treatment, perform laboratory work, and maintain a record of the patient. After successfully completing the program, Royal Dental Academy will provide each student with their Expanded Functions Dental Assistant Certification, Radiology Certification and CPR Certification (optional). Program Description: Dental Sciences, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Materials I and Dental Materials II, Chair-side Assisting I and Chair-side Assisting II, Dental Anatomy, Dental Radiology, Clinical Education, Dental Administration Procedures, Special Functions, Lab Clinical Externship, CPR. This program is offered during the day, evening and Saturday. Students must pass an exam with a grade of 75% or better to be issued a Dental Radiology Certification.