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Dental Assisting
A top growth career in the booming field of healthcare.
Dental assistants now play a key role in dental offices across the country. As the demand for dental services continues to grow, these professionals are being called on to handle a broader range of responsibilities. Working alongside a dentist, their patient care work includes:
- Handling instruments and operating dental equipment
- Sterilizing instruments and equipment
- Taking dental x-rays and processing the film
- Removing sutures
- Applying topical anesthetics to gums or cavity-preventive agents to teeth
- Placing rubber dams on the teeth to isolate them for individual treatment
In addition, these professionals can also be involved in office-related tasks such as scheduling and confirming appointments, maintaining treatment records, handling patient payments and ordering supplies and other materials.
A great opportunity in patient care and support.
Dental Assistants who work beside dentists must remain alert and focused while standing on their feet most of the day. They need to aid the dentist while also making sure the patients are calm and comfortable.
A career as a dental assistant would be right for you if you:
- Are very precise and detail oriented
- Enjoy helping others
- Have strong visual/spatial abilities
- Have good communication and people skills
- Work well as part of a team
- Are interested in teeth and promoting oral health
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ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN DENTAL ASSISTING
CIP Codes:
51.0601
Semesters:
5
Tuition Range:
$27,300-$28,500
Number of Graduates in Cohort:
19
Mean Title IV Loan Debt of Graduates:
$15,717
On-time Completion:
31.58%
Available Graduate Employment Rate:
75%
SOC:
25-1071; 31-9091
Occupational Title:
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary; Dental Assistants
O*Net Links:
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00
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DIPLOMA IN DENTAL ASSISTING
CIP Codes:
51.0601
Semesters:
4
Tuition Range:
$21,840-$31,440
Number of Graduates in Cohort:
58
Mean Title IV Loan Debt of Graduates:
$15,923
On-time Completion:
65.52%
Available Graduate Employment Rate:
92.00%
SOC:
25-1071; 31-9091
Occupational Title:
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary; Dental Assistants
O*Net Links:
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00
- Clinical Medical Assisting
- Dental Hygiene
- Health Information Management
- Healthcare Management
- Insurance Billing and Coding Specialist
- Medical Assisting Services
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Medical Office Administration
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Radiologic Technology
- Surgical Technology
- Therapeutic Massage
Our Accreditation
Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Learn more about our special undergraduate program and graduate program accreditations.
