Idaho State University

Fundamentals of Dental Assisting

Enhance your career as a dental assistant. This course provides you with basic background and knowledge of dental assisting.

Topics include terminology, ethics and jurisprudence, dental charting and cavity classification, rubber dams, 4 handed dentistry and suctioning. It is a pre-requisite to the Dental Assisting Expanded functions courses.

Students will need to plan for the following additional costs: textbook, Healthcare Provider CPR certification, and lab jacket. Class size is limited to 18 seats.

Students will also meet for one Saturday session (8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.), date will be announced the first week of class. The remainder of class will occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

(Travel will be necessary to meet Saturday lab requirement and may be necessary to meet dental office observation requirement.)

Accreditation:  Idaho Board of Dentistry, Idaho Division of Professional Technical Education

Program Highlights:

• Prepared for immediate employment as a Dental Assistant upon program completion.
• Convenience: Evening course hours.
• Our instructor is a Certified Dental Assistant, with nearly twenty years experience in the field. She exceeds the requirements of the Idaho Division of Professional Technical Education for teaching the course and has taken the state-approved course on teaching adult students.

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