Dental Assistiant - Concorde Career College - Garden Grove

Dental Assistiant from Concorde Career College - Garden Grove is a Campus Certificate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Obtain a career as a Dental Assistant with trainding from the dedicated staff at Concorde Career College ? Garden Grove. Our multi-tasked training means you learn everything about being an effective Dental Assistant, including both the clinical and the administrative side of dental assisting . Dental Assistants work closely with dentists. That's why Concorde's Dental Assistant curriculum is based on hands-on training, so that you will learn first-hand by working chair-side with a dentist. When you enroll in Concorde's Dental Assistant training program, you will learn to master all of the clinical responsibilities of a dental assistant, including: Take vital signs and give CPR Sterilize instruments Prepare instrument trays Patient preparation and setup Take oral inspections Expose and process x-rays Educate patients on proper oral care Schedule appointments Create patient charts Maintain records and supplies Process accounts payable and collections Work with insurance forms How long is the program? Our Dental Assistant program is 9 months long. Will I receive hands-on, real world job experience? Yes! In addition to the realistic laboratory environment Concorde provides, we also offer a hands-on working experience called an externship. Our Dental Assistant externship is six weeks long. What skills will I learn? Our campus incorporates the Dental Assistant and Registered Dental Assistant programs together to provide training in these skills, as a student you will learn the proper techniques and/or methods in order to perfrom the following: Registered Dental Assistant Chairside duties and skills Coronal Polishing (Polishing the teeth) Use an Ultrasonic Scaler in an orthodontic setting Take vital signs Perform CPR Sterilizing instruments and equipment Proper Sterilization and infection control procedures Prepare instrument trays and set-up treatment rooms Perform oral inspections Working knowledge of dental radiology (x-rays) including exposing, processing and mounting films Administer fluoride treatments Dental Dams Dental Cements Teaching patients proper oral hygiene strategies Taking impressions of patient's teeth Schedule appointments Create patient charts Basic related computer applications Maintain records and supplies Process accounts payable and collections Work with insurance forms Where can I work? A majority of Dental Assistants are employed by general practice dentists. Some Dental Assistants are employed by specialists such as orthodontists or oral surgeons - other Dental Assistants work part-time and sometimes in more than one office. Dental Assistants may have some freedom to choose their own hours. What follows are some potential employers for trained Dental Assistants. Private Practice Group Practice Specialty Practices Public Health Hospital Dental Clinics Dental School Dental Supply Manufacturers View more details on Concorde Career College - Garden Grove, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.