Learn to be a dental assistant in just 13 weeks at our state-of-the-art, hands on facility.
The American Institute of Dental Assisting consists of small personalized classes taught in a high tech dental office, with the very latest modern equipment. Our goal is to prepare each student to have the knowledge, skills and training necessary for entry level employment in the dental profession. An important focus in our classes is to prepare our students to take the DANB (Dental Assisting National Board) exams to become x-ray certified. We emphasize the importance of preparing our students for these exams, because in the State of Arizona a dental assistant must be x-ray certified in order to take x-rays. Becoming x-ray certified makes it possible for our graduates to be better skilled and to earn higher wages in the dental profession.
General overview of what is taught:
. Taking, developing and mounting X-rays
. Digital Panorex X-rays
. How to use high tech dental equipment
. Sterilization techniques
. Dental Hygiene
. Taking Impressions
. Assist Dr. in clinical classes with real patients (not dummies)
. Learn to “pack cord”
. Learn to make “temporaries”
. Dentrix dental software
. Special radiology classes
. Employment Interviews --how to best present yourself in person and in resumes
We are proud to have been awarded “The Best Teacher Award” by the Arizona Private School Association in 2006. Our director and one of our instructors, Dr. Eldon Hastings, was selected for this award from thousands of private school instructors.