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Program Curriculum

Learn through classroom plus labtime plus externship

DCDS Dental Assisting School provides foundational knowledge to prepare students to satisfy additional training and testing requirements of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners in:

  • BLS Certification
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services required HIPAA/HB300 Safelock Certification
  • Texas dental assistant registration including making x-rays
  • Monitoring nitrous oxide conscious sedation
  • Pit and fissure sealants
  • Coronal polishing

Classroom + Labs

Topics covered during classroom and lab hours include:

Intro to Dental Profession

  • Oral Health
  • Nutrition
  • Jurisprudence

Preparation for Patient Care

  • Dental Charting
  • Restorative Materials, Dental Dams, Matrix Bands & Wedges
  • Charting
  • Dentrix and Eaglesoft practice management software

Intro to Dental Radiography

  • Production & Evaluation of Radiographs
  • Extraoral & Digital Radiographs

Basic Dental Science

  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Head & Neck
  • Histology
  • Tooth Morphology

Emergency Management

  • CPR Training
  • AED Use

Lab Materials & Techniques

  • Liners, Bases & Cements

Dental Skills and Procedures

  • Infection Control
  • Management of Hazardous Materials
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Anesthesia & Sedation

Basic Chairside Assisting

  • Instruments & Trays
  • Instrument Transfer
  • Operating Field

Dental Specialties

  • Oral Medicine
  • Periodontics
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Cosmetic Dentistry & Teeth Whitening
  • Endodontics
  • Orthodontics
  • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Fixed Prosthodontics
  • Removable Prosthodontics

Employment Strategies

  • Job Preparation
  • Communication

Externship

In addition to the curriculum, students are placed in an active Externship Program to gain valuable hands-on dental assisting hours in dental offices. We have over 1300 member dentists ready to consider you for externship and/or employment.


You’re gonna like what we have to say! Training at DCDS Dental Assisting School goes beyond the basics taught at most dental assisting schools.

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