Dental Assistant → Specialized Course Overview

This program trains you in all aspects of working with a dentist, including patient care, office and laboratory duties. Our balance of hands-on experience with classroom instruction covers all aspects of dental assisting skills and related theory. Whether you use your dental assisting training for a career in back office patient care or in an administrative capacity, you are well prepared at the program's completion.

As a dental assistant, you will prepare patients to see the dentist, assist the dentist with back office patient care during patient care, and care for the treatment room and instruments, including all infection control procedures. You will be responsible for taking and processing dental x-rays, performing basic laboratory procedures and providing patient education.

Dental Assistants are employed in fulfilling careers at places such as: Dentist offices, dentist clinics, private and government hospitals, state and local public health departments, dental schools, and dental laboratories. This program offers modern, hands-on training with our well-equipped dental lab and state-of-the-art x-ray machine. You will learn skills such as patient education, back office patient care assisting, laboratory procedures, and front office management. This program will also prepare the student to take the Dental Assisting National Board exam.

CIT College of InfoMedical Technology is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET) and approved to operate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education of the State of California in accordance with the California Education Code Sec. 94915.

Program Length: 39 weeks (Weekday Schedule) 47 Weeks (Weekend Schedule) or 740 Clock Hours (Presented in 4-hour classes 5 nights per week OR in 8-hour classes 2 days per weekend)