Classes meet on Saturdays from 8 am to 5 pm.  The cost of the program is 3,390.00. This includes tuition, books, supplies, and DVD's. The current session is full and in progress.  The next session starts September 18th, 2010. 

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Dental Assistants are instrumental in helping
dentists and patients.

The Dental Staff School will train you to prepare the patient for treatment, take X-ray examinations and obtain dental records. Dental Assistants also provide the dentist with the proper instruments and materials during a patient examination. Dental Staff School's Dental Assistant classes will prepare you to:

• Sterilize and disinfect instruments and equipment
• Prepare tray setups for dental procedures
• Provide postoperative instruction
• Instruct patients in oral health care
• Prepare materials for making impressions and restorations
• Expose radiographs and process dental X-ray film as directed by the dentist

The following subjects are covered in depth from both a didactic and practical clinical experience. We offer Hands on training with all the equipment, instrumentation's, and materials used in our state of the art practicing dental office. Our curriculum includes the Cerec machine, digital radiographs, Isolite, and shade machine.

  Sterilization theory and terminology, autoclave/ Ultrasonic  operation

1. Instrument and equipment sterilization/disinfection/biologic monitoring
2. Treatment room disinfection and asepsis techniques
3. Diease Transmission

Dental Theory and Terminology

1. Dental and oral anatomy, tooth-numbering system
2. Instrument nomenclature and identification for all aspects of General Dentistry
3. Dental Terminology
4. Equipment operation, chair positioning, assistant equipment usage.
5. Tissues of the teeth

Four-handed Dental Assisting

1. Instrument transfer techniques, chair-side assisting and suctioning.
2. Chair-side doctor-patient-assistant positioning.

       Use of instruments and materials in assisting for:      

1. General and Cosmetic Dentistry
2. Oral Surgery
3. Endodontics
4. Pedodontics
5. Orthodontics
6. Assisting with Cerec
7. Handpiece care and maintenance

Radiology

1. X-ray theory and technique.
2. Intraoral, bitewing, panoramic, and endodontic methods
3. Digital radiography
4. Developing x-rays using the automatic processor
5. X-ray safety and precautions.

Impressions and Model Trimming

1. Impression materials and practice of there use
2. Model pouring and trimming
3. Making bleaching trays w/ Instructions on how to use different products
4. Zoom Whitening Procedures