This nationwide vocational school offers a dental assisting program in its Everett location. This diploma program is divided into seven modules, which include operative dentistry, dental radiography, laboratory procedures and administrative procedures. After the student completes the modules, he serves 160 hours of externship at a dental facility for hands-on practice with patient care.
Everest College
906 SE Everett Mall Way, Suite 600
Everett, WA 98208
425-789-7960
everest.edu
Located at Albright Family Dental in Everett, this program is a 22-week Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary course, designed for registered dental assistants who wish to qualify for expanded dentistry functions in Washington. The state-approved program covers amalgam and composite restorations and final impressions, and combines classroom, laboratory, clinical and online study.
Institute for Dental Education and Leadership Success
Albright Family Dental
111 SE Everett Mall Way, Building D
Everett, WA 98208
360-630-1364
dentalideals.com
About 30 minutes southwest of Everett in Kenmore, this private vocational school offers a 22-week accelerated course in dental assisting. Classes are held all day once a week, on Fridays or Saturdays. Topics include dental radiography, dental terminology and anatomy and four-handed dental assisting. The program combines classroom study with hands-on training, and culminates with a certificate of achievement.
Northshore Dental Assisting Academy
6610 NE 181st St., Suite 1
Kenmore, WA 98028
425-408-9400
northshoredentalacademy.com
Located about a half-hour south of Everett in Seattle, this school offers an 11-week, 88-classroom-hour course in dental assisting. Courses begin four times a year, and topics include dental theory and terminology, radiology, dental materials and sterilization techniques. This school prides itself on its low 4-to-1 student-teacher ratio and accelerated pace of training.
Dental Assistant Training Center
12333 35th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98125
206-522-7320
dentalassist.com