Chairside Assistant Program
Chairside Assistant
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.
Employment Prospects
Dental Assistants held about 297,200 jobs in 2010 and by the year 2020 to grow about 31 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Almost all dental assistants work in dentists’ offices and more than half work full time. Ongoing research linking oral health and general health will continue to increase the demand for preventive dental services. As dental practices grow, more dental assistants will be needed.
Job Responsibilities
Dental assistants typically work with patients to make them comfortable in the dental chair and to prepare them for treatments and procedures, sterilize dental instruments, prepare the work area for patient treatment by setting out instruments and materials, help dentists by handing them instruments during procedures, process x rays and do lab tasks under the direction of a dentist and keep records of dental treatments. Some assistants who do lab tasks, such as making casts of a patient’s teeth, work under the direction of a dentist. They might prepare materials for a cast of teeth or create temporary crowns.
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