Dental Assisting PSAV Certificate (5001)

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Program Purpose:
To prepare students for certification in dental assisting and to safely and effectively perform all functions that are legal for the dental assistant to perform in Florida. To prepare students to take the Dental Assisting National Board Exam. Quality patient care and the development of skilled dental assistants are the ultimate goals of the Dental Assisting program.

This program is accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Employment Types:
Dental assistant in private or specialty offices, public health facilities, private or governmental institutions.

Program Length:
12 credit hours + 960 clock hours = 1,230 contact hours

Admission Requirements:

Applicant must have earned a standard high school diploma or GED diploma.

Applicant must be college-ready, which means the applicant does not need developmental education courses in English, reading and/or mathematics. This requirement may be satisfied by one or more of the following options:

The Florida Statute on Developmental Education exemption
Adequate placement scores from the Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) or other college placement scores accepted by TCC
Completion of developmental education courses
Completion of at least ENC1101 College Composition and one general education Mathematics State Core course

Applicant must have successfully completed biology and chemistry in high school or college and have a high school or college cumulative unrounded GPA of 2.0 or better.

Program Application:
The Dental Assisting program begins in the Fall semester and is a limited-access program. Applicants must submit a TCC admissions application (www.tcc.fl.edu/apply) and a separate healthcare program application by the published deadline. Students may access the healthcare application through their TCC Passport account.

See Additional Healthcare Program Requirements for more important information.

Academic Division:
Healthcare Professions

Contact:
(850) 558-4500 or healthedu@tcc.fl.edu

View Information about Graduation Requirements and Year of Entry .

Course Information

Fall Semester (270 Clock Hours / 6 Credit Hours)

DEA0020 Dental Assisting Preclinic Theory 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0020L Dental Assisting Preclinic Laboratory 0 credit hour(s) ; 240 clock hour(s)
DES1020 Dental Anatomy 2 credit hour(s)
DES1020L Dental Anatomy Lab 1 credit hour(s)
DES2100 Dental Materials Theory 2 credit hour(s)
DES2100L Dental Materials Lab 1 credit hour(s)

Spring Semester ( 375 Clock Hours / 5 Credit Hours)

DEA0800 Clinical Practice and Procedures I Theory 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0800L Clinical Practice and Procedures I Lab 0 credit hour(s) ; 285 clock hour(s)
DEA0830 Expanded Functions I Theory 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0830L Expanded Functions I Lab 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DES1200 Dental Radiology 2 credit hour(s)
DES1200L Dental Radiology Lab 1 credit hour(s)
DES1600 Dental Office Emergencies 2 credit hour(s)

Summer Semester (315 Clock Hours / 1 Credit Hour)

DEA0831 Expanded Functions II Theory 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0831L Expanded Functions II Lab 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0850 Clinical Practice and Procedures II Theory 0 credit hour(s) ; 30 clock hour(s)
DEA0850L Clinical Practice and Procedures II Lab 0 credit hour(s) ; 210 clock hour(s)
DES0053 Nitrous Oxide Monitoring 0 credit hour(s) ; 15 clock hour(s)
DES2502 Clinic and Office Management 1 credit hour(s)

Note:

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

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