Dental Assistant - Career Diploma
As a Dental Assistant, you’ll need to know how to manage the dental office, schedule appointments, and update patient records. The Penn Foster Career School 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
- Pharmacology and Anesthesiology
Why take a Dental Assistant training program? 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! (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.)