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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 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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