Dental Assisting
The Dental Assisting Program is a ten month program, requiring fall and spring semesters of the same academic year. Each fall 24 students are admitted through an application period, February 1- August 1. Upon completion of the program graduates are prepared for the careers as dental assistant and for successful completion of the Registered Dental Assistant and Certified Dental Assistant Examinations. The Program is accredited through the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and approved through the Dental Board of California (DBC).
Courses
- DA150 — Dental Assisting Program Orientation
- DA153 — Dental Assisting Science
- DA154 — Dental Assisting Materials and Duties
- DA155 — Dental Radiography
- DA156 — Dental Assisting Fundamentals (Chairside)
- DA156C — Dental Assisting Fundamentals Clinical Laboratory Experience
- DA163 — Advanced Dental Assisting Science
- DA164 — Advanced Dental Assisting Functions in Dental Specialties
- DA165 — Advanced Dental Radiography
- DA166 — Dental Assisting Functions in Dental Practice Management
- DA167 — Advanced Dental Assisting Functions and Duties (Clinical Experience)
- HO15 — Nutrition
- COM M1
- COM M1V
- COMM7 — Interpersonal Communication
- COMM6 — Small Group Communication
- COMM8 — Intercultural Communication