Dental Assisting - Athens Technical College

Dental Assisting from Athens Technical College is a Campus Certificate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Dental Assisting program prepares graduates to assist the dentist at chairside in dental operations. Program graduates are to be competent in the technical areas of preventive dentistry; four-handed dentistry; chairside assisting with emphasis in diagnostics, operative, fixed prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, orthodontic procedures, endodontic procedures, surgical and expanded functions; dental practice management; specialties; and dental radiology. The program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The Dental Assisting program instruction includes a combination of theory, laboratory, pre-clinical and extramural clinical practice scheduled over a period of four quarters. Clinical experience is planned so theory and practice are integrated to provide optimum learning through "hands on" experience, enabling the graduate to provide competent care. The program provides academic foundations in communications, mathematics, and human relations, as well as occupational fundamentals. Important attributes for success of program graduates are critical thinking, problem solving, and the application of the training to the work requirement. The field has presently experienced rapid expansion and the trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. View more details on Athens Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.