Program Start Date: TBD

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 7:45 AM to 3:00 PM 

The Program

 Certified Dental Assistants assist the dentist in providing patient care. They expose radiographs, set up and break down operatory, pass instruments to the dentist. With a New York State License, there are many more responsibilities and opportunities for a dental assistant such as removing sutures, taking impressions, selecting and profiting provisional crowns and orthodontic brackets, placing amalgam, and composite restorations.

Prerequisites

• Meet TABE requirements
• Submit resume & two letters of recommendations
• Submit program interview sheet
• Complete program interview

What to Expect

You will learn the basics of Certified Dental Assistant procedures  including:

• Dental Assisting
• Pharmacology
• Medical Terminology
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Preclinical Tech lecture
• Preclinical Tech lab
• Dental Sciences
• Chairside Seminar Lecture
• Chairside Seminar Lab
• Dental Material
• Dental Radiology
• Preventive Dentistry
• Dental Office Procedures
• Expanded Functions
• 300 hours of 0ff-site clinical internship

Earn Your Certification

Upon successful completion, students receive a Certificate of Completion from the State University of New York Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center.

Certifications:

• Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) CDA
• NY State "licensed certified dental assistant" RD
• Buffalo EOC is the only ADA/Commission on Dental Accreditation approved program in NY State.

On site certifications

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)