Nearly 270,000 Americans held jobs as dental assistants.
Working primarily for private practices, dental assistants support dentists, oral surgeons, and dental hygienists by setting up material for patient treatment,
-taking x-rays,
-applying anesthetic,
- and helping during serious procedures.
Career schools helps students enter the dental field.Dental Assisting class prepares students for entry level positions in one of the fastest growing health care positions - Dental Assisting.
The program begins with an introduction to the unique role that dental assistants play in an office setting. Coursework then moves to oral anatomy, preventive dentistry and nutrition, radiology, and anesthetics.
Students may also select a more specialized career path, focusing on orthodontics, pediatrics, or oral surgery.
The Dental Assisting class will cover key areas and topics exposing the student to both classroom and hands-on instruction. The classroom instruction reviews the necessary anatomy, terminology, legal and ethical issues as well as the policy and guidelines necessary to understanding the scope of practice and the practical aspects of dental assisting.
Topics include instrument identification, equipment maintenance, tooth structure and oral cavity anatomy, dental anesthesia, sterilization, and charting. The student will learn the steps necessary to assisting the dentist while providing quality dental care within the community. Class includes review of tooth charting, restorations, bridge implants, bitewing, panograph, and periapical x-ray and the mixing of dental cements |
