The Academy of Health Careers Dental Assisting program provides classroom theory and practical applications in tasks related to dental office asepsis, sterilization and disinfection procedures in the dental environment. It also provides an introduction to dentistry and dental assisting. This series of courses includes a clinical experience component allowing students a valuable hands-on learning opportunity. During this clinical experience, students are required to perform basic tasks relating to dental office asepsis and disinfection in a dental office under the guidance of the dental office staff.
The Dental Assisting program is a four-course sequence consisting of the courses below: