Fast-Track Dental Assisting Certification

Are you looking to begin your career as a dental professional and want to do it fast? Practical Dental Assisting of VA Beach may be the right choice for you!

Practical Dental Assisting’s 12-week dental assistant program is an investment in your future. Our accelerated training program allows you to spend less time in the classroom, so you can earn your dental assistant certificate and begin working sooner!

Don’t let the short amount of time fool you. When students graduate from the 12-week accelerated program, they are fully prepared to take on the dental world and all it has to offer. With a team of dedicated and experienced dental professionals, including program contributor Dr. Oduyelu, and our founder/Dental Assisting Instructor Karen Vess, our dental assisting students can be sure they are getting a high quality education from some of the best dental professionals!

Practical Dental Assisting graduates more than 75 students each year!  Here are even more reasons why we are so successful at training students for a new career:

• State of the Art Classroom
• Fully-Equipped Training Facility
• Convenient Location & Hours
• And did we mention First-Class Instructors?

• First-Class Instructors
• Affordable Tuition
• Career Assistance
• 9 Month Program including 160 hour externship

Here’s a few important facts
Practical Dental Assisting:

• Certified to operate by SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia)
• Member of the Dental Business Network
• Accepts GI Bill® for Veterans

Graduates Receive:

• Professional Certification of Dental Assisting from Practical Dental Assisting
• DANB (Dental Assisting National Board) Radiation Safety Certification. All students to receive the CDA credential upon successful passing of the exams.
• Membership to Dental Diva Dynasty, Inc, A professional group for Dental Assistants providing additional knowledge, support, professional recognition and attendance at our scheduled social events!
• And Job Assistance

12 Weeks (or 102 clock hours) of textbook, laboratory, and clinical application training

Textbook: Essentials of Dental Assisting 6th Edition (included)

160 Hours of a professional externship in a dental office

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Successful passing of the DANB Radiation Safety Exam

Graduation

In our classes, we’ll dive right into important topics that include:

• Dental Anatomy and Charting techniques
• Sterilization, disinfection & treatment room care
• Cements & Dental Instuments — learn about handheld dental instruments, burs, and handpieces. You’ll also be introduced to the use of dental cements.
• Restorative dental care — discover the uses of amalgam and composite fillings, as well as how fillings are restored and how to create temporary crowns.
• Specialized dental procedures — learn to work alongside a dentist during oral procedures, such as Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and General Dentistry
• Cosmetic dentistry & tooth whitening treatments — you’ll make a custom-made night- guard and tooth whitening tray and learn about other cosmetic dental treatments.

Current Program Cost $5,500

subject to change

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill