Provider name:

Fortis College

Program name:

Dental Assisting - Certificate

Program description:

Fortis’s dental assisting program will provide you with hands-on strategies and techniques that will enable you to work directly with dentists in both treatment and examination rooms. You will learn how to provide educational, preventative, and clinical therapeutic services to patients as a promoter of healthy dental hygiene. You will also be taught best practices for working chair-side while dentists examine and treat patients. You will also be exposed to a variety of dental specialty practices. The dental assisting program at Fortis combines classroom lectures and laboratory instruction, complemented by plenty of hands-on skill development and clinical experience. As a dental assisting student, you will receive valuable training in clinical, radiographic, and administrative procedures. You will learn how to operate clinical and diagnostic equipment found in most modern dental offices, including dental units and chairs, oral evacuation equipment, oxygen tanks, personal computers, ultrasonic units and x-ray units. Upon completion of the dental assisting training program, students are awarded with a diploma and are prepared for entry-level employment opportunities as a dental assistant in a variety of work environments.

Program URL:

https://www.fortis.edu/programs/dental/dental-assisting.html

Description of business partnerships:

Year first offered:

2010

Student teacher ratio:

1:20

If any, what are the prerequisites for this program?

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Total Cost:

$21588.00