Dental Assistant Certificate

Certified Dental Assistants are educated, licensed and regulated members of an integrated dental healthcare team that provides oral care services to patients. The practice of dental assisting involves collaboration with patients and other healthcare professionals to achieve and maintain optimal oral health and overall health and well-being.

This is a 10 month, hands-on program with opportunities to work with a range of equipment and techniques. CNC Dental Assisting program offers small class sizes and a 1:8 ratio of faculty to students in the clinical setting. The clinic is equipped with 20 dental operatories and 4 radiography rooms with computerized dental stations and digital radiography and record keeping abilities. Students are activity involved in our dental clinic providing patient-centered oral healthcare care services.

What You’ll Learn

• Preparing and maintaining dental instruments and equipment.
• Maintaining appropriate infection control.
• Preparing dental materials such as dental composites, amalgams and cements.
• Providing patient education and comfort.
• Performing patient care procedures such as taking health histories; assisting in patient assessment; exposing of dental images; patient charting; treatment planning; polishing teeth and delivering preventative fluoride applications.
• Carrying out office administration services, including management of dental records.