Dental Assisting - Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley - Kansas City MO

Dental Assisting from Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley - Kansas City MO is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Description Dental assistants prepare patients, sterilize and disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials and assist the dentist during dental procedures. In our program, you'll learn to: expose x-rays record treatment information provide postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist assist dentist in managing medical and dental emergencies take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients instruct patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs order and monitor dental supplies and equipment inventory clean and polish removable appliances make preliminary impressions for study casts. Our program offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree . You will build your skill through extensive lab and hands-on training at community clinics, private practice and the UMKC School of Dentistry. You will be prepared to enter the workforce as a trained dental assistant and certified expanded-duties dental assistant and will be eligible to take the national certifying examination given by the Dental Assisting National Board. View more details on Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.