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The Course Curriculum

Develop the skills employers value most through a curriculum that blends expert instruction with hands-on training in a real dental office. Every lesson is designed to prepare you for a successful career in dental assisting.

Dental Assisting School of Tampa Florida

Our EFDA Dental Assistant Training Program...

Prepares you with the essential clinical, laboratory, and administrative skills needed to excel as a dental assistant. Throughout the course, you'll gain hands-on experience and learn how to:

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  • Assist the dentist during a variety of dental procedures

  • Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, and materials before each appointment

  • Safely sterilize and disinfect dental instruments and equipment

  • Ensure patients are comfortable and prepared for treatment

  • Pass instruments and materials efficiently during procedures

  • Use suction and isolation techniques to maintain a clear working field

  • Take and process dental X-rays under the dentist's supervision

  • Mix and prepare dental materials for impressions, restorations, and other procedures

  • Clean and polish removable dental appliances

  • Fabricate temporary crowns and other basic laboratory restorations

  • Understand daily dental office workflows, infection control, and patient care

The 10-Week Course Curriculum

I. Dental Theory and Terminology
II. Four-Handed Dental Assisting
III. Radiology
IIII. Impressions and Model Trimming
V. Cements and Liners
VI. Sterilization Techniques
VII. Job Interview Assistance

  • Dental and oral anatomy, tooth identification and numbering system

  • Instrument nomenclature and identification for all aspects of General Dentistry

  • Dental terminology

  • Equipment operation, chair positioning, assistant equipment usage

  • Treatment options available, depending on oral conditions

  • Instrument transfer techniques, chair-side assisting and patient suctioning

  • Chair-side doctor-patient-assistant positioning

  • Tub and tray systems of instruments and materials

  • Familiarity and use of instruments and materials in assisting for:

    • Operative Dentistry – amalgam and composite restorations

    • Crown and Bridge – polyvinyl impression taking, temporary fabrication, cord packing, hemostatic agents, introduction into various crown types

    • Endodontics – instruments, medicaments and materials, how and why they are used

    • Periodontics – disease origin and usual treatment methods

    • Pediatrics – commonalty and differences in treating children vs. adult patients

  • X-ray theory and technique, use of Rinn© holders and other methods

  • Intraoral, bitewing, panoramic, and endodontic exposure methods

  • X-ray identification, interpretation, safety and precautions

  • Impression materials and practice in their uses: alginates, poly vinyl siloxane, etc.

  • Wax bites, counter impressions,

  • Model pouring and trimming

  • Introduction to various cements and liners used in dentistry

  • Practice mixing cements and liners

  • Sterilization theory and terminology, autoclave operation

  • Instrument and equipment sterilization / disinfection

  • Treatment room disinfection and asepsis techniques

  • Handpiece care and maintenance

  • Proper image, dress, resume, and how to prepare for the job interview itself

  • Difficult questions you may face - how to answer them

  • Do's and dont's during the interview process, what to expect

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