This 17 week program goes over in-depth what it means to be a chairside assistant in the dental office. Students will learn the fundamentals of dental assisting, operative dentistry, administrative assisting, chairside assisting, dental specialties, and dental radiography. Students will be taught how to transition from the operatory room to bot sterilization and dental lab. Students are exposed to digital x-rays, an intraoral camera, sterilizers, ultrasonic, model trimmer, and vacuum formers to name a few. With the use of computers and a dental management software program, front desk aspects will be addressed in detail. The format of the class will consist of a power point presentation lecture followed by a hands-on lab section.