DENTAL ASSISTING

Now enrolling for fall 2021.

This 1-year certificate will provide dental assisting training – you'll  learn interpersonal and technical skills that will prepare you to fill in-demand dental assisting jobs.  They are mainly responsible for office, administrative and clinical duties. 

Administrative responsibilities can include:

• telephone triage and scheduling
• updating and filing patient medical records
• billing and bookkeeping

Clinical duties may include:

• taking vital signs and medical histories
• prepping patients for examination
• instructing patients (tooth brushing, flossing, etc.)
• performing chairside during procedures
• radiography (taking X-rays)
• mixing dental materials as required by the dentist

Here's what one local dentist has to say about Lakeland's new dental assisting program.