Dental Assistant Training Classes

Learn the skills you need to become a Dental Assistant at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. As a Dental Assistant, you’ll need to know how to manage the medical office, schedule appointments and update patient records. The Penn Foster Dental Assistant Program can help you learn these skills and many more. Train quickly and conveniently! You’ll learn valuable skills with these courses and more:

• Dental Terminology and Anatomy
• Preventive Dentistry and Nutrition
• Disease Transmission, Pathology, and Dental Emergencies
• Radiology and pharmacology, and Anesthesiology

And you’ll learn it all at home – no classroom needed! You’ll get valuable information about finding a job. It’s like having your own personal Dental Assistant school.

Why take a Dental Assistant training course? With the right credentials, you can:

• Work for a private dental practice.
• Work at a dental clinic, performing a variety of services.
• Work for a federal, state, or local government agency.

Demand for Dental Assistants will rise 43% by 2012.* Dental Assistants enjoy exciting, varied assignments, steady work schedules, respect and prestige. Whether you work for a clinic or dental practice, as a Dental Assistant, you’ll have a career you can be proud of!

We’ll send you FREE information – with absolutely no obligation! Find out more about Penn Foster's Dental Assistant training that includes:

• All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need
• Pronunciation Audiocassettes
• Toll-free instructional support
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source: “National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix,” a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Medical and Dental Assisting
Learn the fulfilling career of a medical assistant and join this booming industry. If you have ever dreamed of working in a medical or dental office then this home study course is a great first step if toward obtaining your career goals.

We’ll teach you medical terminology used on the job, how to process medical insurance as well as safety in the office.  You’ll also learn the clinical practice and how to sterilize medical instruments. You’ll study and learn how to perform visual hearing tests and lab procedures.

Medical and dental office assistants work in private practice, hospitals, clinics and elsewhere. In medicine, “private practice” could include general and family doctors, or those in specialties such as pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry, obstetrics or orthopedics. In dentistry, it includes general practitioners, oral surgeons, orthodontists, periodontists or other specialists.

Distance education lets you study in the comfort of home at your own pace. Frequent course updates assure you’ll learn the latest skills and techniques. Ashworth University courses are very affordable; monthly tuition is interest-free. Ashworth University is an accredited member of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency for distance learning schools.

Join the rewarding dental industry with a career as a dental assistant. Many dental hygienists work part time with flexible schedules. If there is one career that will never go away that is that of a dental assistant. With everyone needing to go to the dentist you can see why this career has a good growth rate and is expected to grown at a fast rate.

So what does a dental assistant do all day?

As expected a you would be working at a dentist office helping patients with their dental needs. A hygienists removes deposits from teeth (cleaning) and helps provide preventative care so that your teeth will remain strong. In some states you would be able to administer anesthetics in order to carve or put in fillings. Your the first thing that a client sees when they come into the office for a routine checking or when they have a problem with their teeth and this is a very important position within the dentist office.

Schedules for Dental Assistants
It does vary widely from office to office, but there is full-time, part-time as well as flexible schedules at dentist offices. More than half of all workers only work part time which is less than 35 hours per week. Typical hours of operation is 8am to 5pm and on weekends except for Sunday.

The growth of the dental hygienist industry
The increasing population growth will stimulate demand for dental jobs. More and more dentists are noticing that they need more assistants in order to perform preventive dental care such as bi-yearly cleaning. This will allow them to devote their own time to more profitable procedures. Above and to the right you'll find some great programs that we have suggested that you look into if your considering a career as a dental assistant.