The dental assistant program in Covington is perfect for you if you want to launch a new career by working in a dental office or clinic. Your training allows you to enter the dental workforce in as little as 7.5 months. Our dental assistant program prepares students for employment as dental assistants in dental offices and clinics.
Upon graduation from this program, you’ll have the minimum requirements to sit for the National Registry Exam for Dental Assistants and for an advanced dental assistant course in expanded duties. Delta College has run a dental assistant school in Covington for years now and we’re proud of the role we’ve played within the dental community.
Approximate Completion Time: Day—7.5 months
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Dental Assistants have many tasks, ranging from patient care to record keeping, in a dental office. Their duties vary by state and by the dentists’ offices where they work.
Employment of dental assistants is expected to grow by 31 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than average for all occupations.
Information taken from the Occupational Outlook Handbook 2013-2014
The median annual wage of dental assistants was $34,140 in May 2011. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupations earned more than the amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $23,080, and the top 10 percent earned more than $47,420.
*Information taken from the Occupational Outlook Handbook 2013-2014
