Kaplan Career Institute offers a dental assistant diploma program in Nashville. The program teaches students how to take dental X-rays, take impressions of patients' teeth and make patients feel comfortable in the treatment room. Students also learn how to perform oral evacuation, teach preventive dental care to patients and help with oral surgery procedures. Following the program's classroom instruction and clinical experiences, students can obtain entry-level positions in private dental offices, dental health clinics, dental laboratories and even state or federal health facilities. The program at Kaplan Career Institute, which has campuses throughout the country, is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
Kaplan Career Institute--Nashville Campus
750 Envious Lane
Nashville, TN 37217
615-279-8300
nashville.kaplancareerinstitute.com
Concorde Career College offers a dental assisting program in Memphis. Students in the program learn how to take vital signs, sterilize instruments, prepare instrument trays and administer fluoride treatments. Students additionally study cardiopulmonary resuscitation, exposing and processing X-rays and taking oral inspections. Concorde Career College also teaches dental assisting students office skills such as working with insurance forms and processing accounts payable. The program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. The college, which has campuses around the nation, was founded in 1988.
Concorde Career College
5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 132
Memphis, TN 38137
901-761-9494
concorde.edu
Miller-Motte Technical College in Chattanooga offers an associate degree program in dental assisting. This program prepares students to complete chair-side assisting procedures along with maintaining and supplying clinical areas. Students also learn how to schedule appointments for patients and maintain patient records and charts. In addition, Miller-Motte Technical College's dental assisting program teaches students how to expose and process high-quality radiographs that dentists can use to diagnose oral problems as well as how to prepare and position patients for dental treatments or oral surgery. Students learn through classroom work as well as hands-on practical experience. Miller-Motte Technical College was founded in 1916 and has several campuses in the United States. The dental assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
Miller-Motte Technical College
6020 Shallowford Road, Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN 37421
888-794-9357
miller-motte.com