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DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM GOALS
Graduates of the Dental Assisting Program are prepared to:
- Procure and maintain employment as a dental assistant
in private and/or group practices, federal, state, or local government
clinics, and facilities in the armed forces
- Be proficient and skilled in current concepts of four-handed
dental auxiliary utilization.
- Be competent in administrative functions and dental specialties
as performed in a general/specialized practice.
- Work as a team member with the dentist identifying and
defining the dental assistant's role in the dental office practice.
- Write the national certification examination of the Dental
Assisting National Board thus becoming a certified dental assistant.
DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY
We believe:
- That education for dental assistants should be developed
within the organized academic setting within the framework of
the parent institution.
- That dental assisting should be an integral part of the
practice of dentistry in the health care setting.
- The teaching/learning process takes place by a dynamic
process involving both the teacher and the student through which
change and growth in the individual occur.
- That the curriculum should reflect both theoretical principles
and supervised experience for high level performance.
- That thee curriculum should provide for the individualized
differences in learning so that each individual student may realize
their goal and meet the stated objectives.
- That the curriculum should reflect and meet the demands
by national and state regulatory agencies that credential these
personnel, and the dental assistant student should function within
the legal framework of these regulatory bodies.
- That recognizing the ever changing needs of society for
dental services, the student must be assisted in providing services,
without regard to age, gender, national origin, economic or social
status and physical or mental ability.
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