Dental Assisting Program
Dental Assistant Training School in Houston, Texas
Dental assistants work closely with dentists to provide quality patient care, and are responsible for performing important administrative and clinical tasks to support dental offices. If you are interested in a hands-on, patient-centered healthcare career, and you enjoy helping others, then training for a career as a dental assistant could be a great choice for you. With HCI, you can get the training you need to become a dental assistant in as few as 47 weeks!
At Houston Career Institute, you can master the skills to earn your diploma and be prepared for entry-level employment as a dental assistant!
Why Train to Be a Dental Assistant?
If you are interested in a hands-on, patient-centered healthcare career, then a career as a dental assistant may be right for you.
Dental assistants are important allied healthcare workers, working closely with dentists to provide quality patient care, and performing critical administrative and clinical tasks to support dental offices.
As a dental assistant, you will be responsible for a variety of dental office and laboratory procedures and tasks, including: front office management, preliminary examination procedures, chairside dental assisting, patient care, charting, appointment scheduling, and record-keeping.
Why Train to Be a Dental Assistant at HCI?
HCI’s Dental Assisting program is a comprehensive, focused program providing the knowledge and skills necessary to perform many important tasks and procedures in entry-level positions in this growing field.
With HCI’s 47-week program, you will learn:
- Dental anatomy and terminology
- Essential dental assisting skills and procedures
- Dental chairside assisting
- Dental radiography and imaging systems
- Restorative techniques and dental specialties, including endodontics, oral maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, fixed prosthodontics, and removable prosthodontics
- Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
- Infection control and disease transmission and prevention
- Dental practice office management
- HIPAA, OSHA, and professional codes of ethics
- CPR and basic life support
HCI’s program provides hands-on training for real-world, practical experience. All Dental Assisting students complete a 300-hour Externship in a minimum of two off-site dental offices. Through their externship placements, HCI students have the opportunity to work with patients and apply the principles of practice learned in the classroom. Students are prepared to competently complete clinical tasks, while also developing their interpersonal skills, including the communication skills required to work with patients as well as others in the workplace.
HCI students will prepare for and begin taking the TSBDE Texas Jurisprudence Assessment and the Dental Assisting National Board’s (DANB) Anatomy, Morphology and Physiology (AMP), Infection Control Exam (ICE), and Radiation Health and Safety (RHS) exams during their Dental Assisting program.
Graduates of HCI’s Dental Assisting program receive a Diploma in Dental Assisting and CPR certification from the American Heart Association. Graduates are prepared for entry-level employment in dental clinics or practices as dental assistants, office managers, insurance billers, administrative assistants, and receptionists.
If you enjoy helping people and desire a hands-on healthcare career, then dental assisting might be right for you. At HCI, you can get the training you need to begin your new career as a dental assistant!