Dental Assisting Program

Chemeketa offers the training you need to enter this rewarding career field.

Dental assistants:

• Help prepare patients for treatment
• Mix dental materials
• Take impressions
• Expose and develop radiographs
• Assist with clinical procedures

As an office manager, a dental assistant may also:

• Serve as a receptionist
• Schedule appointments
• Keep accounts and records
• Prepare statements and insurance billings

Chemeketa's Dental Assisting program, which is accredited by the American Dental Association, gives hands-on training in all these areas. Most students take one year to complete this program.

Chemeketa can also prepare students to transfer into the Dental Hygiene program at Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT). If students are interested in a bachelor's degree, they should discuss their plans with an advisor at the school they plan to attend, as well as an advisor at Chemeketa.

Updated February 11, 2009 by Health Sciences