Dental Assisting Technician Certificate
Health Services
(Limited Entry Program)
Intended Program Outcomes:
This one-year certificate program will prepare the student to be effective in the workplace in the following areas:
- Assist dentist with patient treatment.
- Radiographic proficiency (exposure, processing, mounting & evaluation).
- Material manipulation (selection, classification, safe handling and disposal).
- Infection control (instrument & room processing to prevent disease transmission, OSHA compliance).
- Business office procedures (computer data entry, scheduling, records management).
- Employment readiness (professionalism, writing skills, ethics, legal & HIPAA procedures).
Students must receive a “C” grade or above in all preprequisite dental coursework to be considered as having successfully completed the program. The program is accredited by the American Dental Association’s Commission on Accreditation of Dental and Auxiliary Education Programs and by the Oregon Board of Dentistry. Graduating students are eligible to take the Dental Assisting National Board Examination.
Admission Requirements
Enrollment information is available from the Office of Enrollment Management in Morrow Hall on the BMCC Pendleton campus or online at the BMCC's website. Completed enrollment application materials will be accepted January 1 through the last Friday in April for admission to the following fall term. (Applications will not be held over for subsequent year’s admission.) Student must have completed or be enrolled in the prerequisite courses before applying for admission to the program.
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CREDITS
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| Before Fall Term Entry: |
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| The following courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better by the end of the Spring Term. |
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| Human Relations course |
4
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| COM100 Human Communications (or higher) | 4 | |
| MTH025 Pre-Algebra (or higher) |
4
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| WR060 Elements of the Essay (or higher) |
3
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Students must present proof of two MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations, a negative tuberculin skin test or chest x-ray, initiation of the Hepatitis B vaccination series, and tetanus vaccination, as well as a current Health Care Provider level “C” CPR card that expires after completion of the program.
Courses within the dental assisting curriculum can be used as the professional/technical credits for the associate degree in general studies.
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CREDITS
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| Dental Assisting Technician Curriculum |
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| DA141 Dental Radiology |
4
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| DA142 Dental Radiology |
3
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| DA143 Dental Radiology |
1
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| DA151 Chairside Procedures |
3
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| DA152 Chairside Procedures |
3
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| DA153 Chairside Procedures |
2
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| DA154 Dental Specialities |
2
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| DA162 Clinical Practice |
4
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| DA163 Clinical Practice |
8
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| DA166 Clinical Practice Seminar |
1
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| DA170 Basic Dental Science |
3
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| DA172 Dental Anatomy |
4
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| DA174 Dental Pathology |
1
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| DA176 Dental Pharmacology |
1
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| DA180 Dental Materials |
3
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| DA182 Dental Laboratory Materials and Procedures |
2
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| DA190 Dental Health Education |
2
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| DA192 Dental Law and Ethics |
1
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| DA194 Dental Business Office |
3
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| DA196 Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office |
1
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| Total Credits |
67
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(Information based on the 2011-12 BMCC Academic Catalog)
