With oral health affecting overall personal health, more and more people are seeking quality dental care. As a result, the need for first-rate dental assistants is also growing.*
Dental Assisting Education
Kaplan College is proud to offer a dental assisting program that is designed to give you real-world knowledge. We are market-driven, offering our specific curriculum because it serves local employment needs.
Dental Assisting Activities
The duties involved in dental assisting are diverse and are all designed to support the dentist. Thus, at Kaplan College, you can have the opportunity to learn to perform a broad range of daily activities in your dental assisting classes, including:
- Caring for patients in the treatment room
- Taking dental x-rays
- Taking impressions of patients' teeth
- Teaching preventive dentistry to patients
- Assisting with oral surgery
- Performing oral evacuation
In addition, you can receive training in word processing and accounting functions, as well as insurance claim filing, office emergency responses, and patient scheduling. When you earn your education from Kaplan College, you not only learn dental assisting, you learn skills that you can apply to your everyday life.
Personal Satisfaction
Kaplan College's goal is to help you obtain a fulfilling dental assisting career with a bright future. As a dental assisting graduate from Kaplan College, you have the chance to make a difference in people's lives. In turn, you can gain the personal satisfaction of helping others.
*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-2007 Edition