DENTAL ASSISTING - Associate of Science Degree or Diploma

If you want to work in a professional healthcare environment and would like to help patients receive quality dental care, Eagle Gate College's accredited Dental Assisting program may be perfect for you. Eagle Gate College will give you the education you need to begin your career with confidence. With the average graduation time of only 12-18 months at our Utah campuses, you'll quickly get out of the classroom and into an in-demand dental assisting career.

Just how in-demand are Dental Assistants? The U.S. Department of Labor projects that Dental Assisting will be among the fastest growing careers through 2016, with a projected need for 362,000 new jobs over the next eight years. (U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).

Dental Assisting graduates are trained in:

• Clinical skills including operatory preparations, radiography certification, charting, and procedural setups
• Laboratory preparation of diagnostic casts, acrylic crowns and bridges, bleaching trays, and bite registrations
• Expanded functions such as polishing, sterilization, fluoride applications, and patient care
• Dental office management

This program is available at the following locations:

• Murray, Utah Campus

Average program length:

Associate of Science Degree in Dental Assisting - 20 months
Diploma in Dental Assisting - 13 months