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Note: Because schools change the programs offered at their campuses periodically, not every campus of each school will offer all programs, and program names may change slightly from campus to campus.

While we try to keep up with the programs each school offers, you should visit the school's website by following the Request Information link to verify the exact programs offered at each campus.

Dental Assistant Schools and Training Programs

The following schools offer degree or certificate programs leading to a career as a dental assistant, dental office assistant, or dental hygienist. To learn more about the programs offered at each school. click its name. Click Request Information to get information directly from the school.

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Online Programs

Penn Foster Career School

  • Location: Home Study Program
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Diploma
  • Quick Summary: Six month program includes training in radiology, dental anatomy, dental health, treatment room and front office procedures.
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Multiple Locations

All-State Career - Healthcare Division

  • Location: Baltimore, Maryland, and Essington, Pennsylvania
  • Programs: Expanded Function Dental Assisting diploma
  • Quick Summary: The communications based program prepares students to perform chairside and lab procedures, instrument sterilization, and front office duties..
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Apollo College

  • Locations: Mesa, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Boise, Idaho; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon, and Spokane, Washington
  • Program: Dental Assistant
  • Quick Summary: Program teaches chairside procedures, dental charting, and front office duties. It includes a 240 hour internship at a dentist's office.
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ATI Career Training Center

  • Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dallas, North Richland Hills and Richardson, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assisting diploma
  • Quick Summary: Program features training in chairside assisting, radiology, laboratory skills and front office procedures.
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Everest Institute

  • Locations: Jonesboro and Norcross, Georgia; Brighton, Massachusetts; Dearborn, Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo, Michigan; Austin and Houston (Greenspoint), Texas; Chesapeake, Virginia
  • Program: Dental Assisting
  • Quick Summary: Learn clinical and administrative dental procedures, dental radiography, with training in a laboratory setting.
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Heald College

  • Location: Concord, Hayward, and Stockton California; Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Programs: Dental Assisting Associate degree
  • Quick Summary: Fully equipped facilities include dental chairs, digital radiography equipment, sterilization and materials labs.
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High-Tech Institute

  • Location: Sacramento, California, Orlando, Florida, Kansas City, Missouri, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Dallas, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Diploma
  • Quick Summary: Receive chair-side training and learn laboratory procedures in these programs, which include an internship.
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Kaplan College

  • Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, Frederick, Maryland, Renton, Washington, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma and Dental Assisting degree (Indianapolis campus only)
  • Quick Summary: Learn to support the dentist in a broad range of activities, including patient care, oral surgery and taking X-Rays.
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Medix

  • Location: Smyrna, Georgia and Towson, Maryland
  • Programs: Dental Assistant
  • Quick Summary: Students learn chairside assisting and four-handed dentistry in this program, which includes a four month internship.
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Milan Institute

  • Location: Boise, Idaho; Sparks, Nevada and Amarillo, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn to assist the dentist during patient examinations, along with inventory control and records management.
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Remington College

  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio West Campus and Nashville, Tennessee
  • Programs: Dental Assisting Diploma
  • Quick Summary: 32 week program includes an internship, and prepares graduates for entry-level positions.
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Sanford-Brown Institute

  • Location: Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida, and Trevose, Pennsylvania
  • Programs: Dental Assisting (In Ft. Lauderdale, Dental Assisting with Expanded Functions)
  • Quick Summary: Students learn chairside assisting, dental radiography, lab, reception and office management procedures.
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Vatterott College

  • Location: Des Moines, Iowa, Springfield and St. Louis (St. Ann), Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn chairside dental assisting, radiography, and dental office procedures. Program includes an internship.
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Alabama

Tri-State Institute

  • Location: Birmingham, Alabama
  • Programs: Dental Assisting diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn to work chair side with the dentist on a variety of dental procedures.
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Arizona

The Bryman School of Phoenix

  • Location: Phoenix, Arizona
  • Programs: Dental Assistant associate degree
  • Quick Summary: Students learn chairside and lab procedures, along with Dental X Rays, preventative dentistry, and basic dental office administration in this program, which includes an unpaid externship.
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California

American Career College

  • Location: Anaheim and Los Angeles, California
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Program combines classroom instruction and hands-on training in the school's fully equipped dental laboratory.
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Clarita Career College

  • Location: Canyon Country, Lancaster and Long Beach, California
  • Programs: Dental Asistant certificate
  • Quick Summary: Prepare for a position in a variety of dental settings with training in chairside procedures, treatment procedures and front office duties.
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Maric College

  • Location: Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Sacramento, and Stockton, California
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Eight month program prepares graduates to take the Registered Dental Assistant exam.
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United Education Institute

  • Location: Chula Vista, Huntington Park, Ontario, San Diego, and Van Nuys California
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn dental assisting procedures in this program which prepares you for the California Committee on Dental Auxiliaries (COMDA) Licensing exam.
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Western Career College

  • Locations: Antioch, Citrus Heights, Pleasant Hill, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Leandro California
  • Program: Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene
  • Quick Summary: Administrative, clinical, and lab training in the Dental Assistant program prepares students to qualify for the coronal polish and x-ray certificates, and the California State Registered Dental Assistant exam. The Dental Hygiene program, offered in Sacramento and San Jose, includes training on cleaning teeth, taking X-Rays, and applying fluoride.
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Colorado

IntelliTec Medical Institute

  • Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Programs: Dental Assistant and Expanded Duty Dental Assistant Certificates
  • Quick Summary: The Dental Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and includes coursework in chairside assisting, preventative procedures and dental radiology. It includes a 300 hour internship. The Expanded Duty program teaches skills necessary to perform restorative procedures in an intensive 40 hour program.
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Delaware

Harris School

  • Location: Wilmington, Delaware
  • Programs: Dental Assisting Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Students learn dental office procedures, including chairside assisting and taking dental X-Rays. They also learn dental anatomy and pathology.
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Florida

Lincoln College of Technology

  • Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Programs: Associate degree in Dental Office Management and Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: The diploma program teaches patient care and chairside assisting procedures, and includes an internship. The degree program adds training in dental front-office procedures and business management skills.
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Illinois

Illinois School of Health Careers

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois (Loop and O'Hare campuses)
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Get hands on experience with an dental internship as you learn dental radiology, how to administer anesthesia, lab procedures, and front office practices.
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Indiana

  • Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Programs: Dental Assisting Associate degree
  • Quick Summary: This hands-on training program teaches chairside assisting, dental radiology, and expanded function assisting.
  • Request Information from International Business College

Massachusetts

The Career Institute of American International College

Michigan

Baker College

  • Locations: Auburn Hills and Port Huron, Michigan
  • Programs: Dental Hygienist associate degree
  • Quick Summary: In addition to learning the principles and practices of dental hygiene, students learn to take and interpret radiographs (Dental X Rays), and study periodontics and oral pathology.
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Minnesota

Herzing College

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Programs: Associate degree or diploma in Dental Assisting
  • Quick Summary: Train to become part of the team in a dental office as a chairside assistant.
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Mississippi

Antonelli College

  • Location: Hattiesburg and Jackson, Mississippi
  • Programs: Associate degree in Dental Assisting
  • Quick Summary: Learn clinical and administrative skills in this program, that includes an internship.
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Missouri

Allied College

  • Location: Fenton and Maryland Heights, Missouri
  • Programs: Dental Assistant associate degree
  • Quick Summary: Students learn dental science theory, X-Ray and laboratory procedures, and dental office administration duties in this program, which includes an externship.
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Missouri College

  • Location: St. Louis, Missouri
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Program covers the chairside and administrative tasks in a dental office.
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Sanford-Brown College

  • Location: Hazelwood, Missouri
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Program provides hands-on experience in preparing instruments, lab procedures, taking X-Rays, and receptionist/front office management.
  • Request Information from Sanford-Brown College

New Jersey

Berdan Institute

  • Location: Wayne, NJ
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Quick Summary: 34 week day or 46 week evening program includes an externship. Graduates may sit for the State of NJ Dental Radiologic Technology exam.
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New Mexico

Kaplan Career Institute

  • Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Programs: Dental Assisting certificate
  • Quick Summary: 45 week program prepares students for entry level dental assistant positions.
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Ohio

Akron Institute

  • Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Diploma
  • Quick Summary: Receive training in clinical and dental lab procedures. Includes a six week internship.
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Miami-Jacobs Career College

  • Locations: Springboro, Ohio
  • Programs: Dental Assisting associate degree
  • Quick Summary: Students learn the pre-clinical and clinical aspects of dental assisting, along with office procedures.
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National Institute of Technology - Ohio

Ontario

Medix School

  • Location: Brantford, Kitchener, and London
  • Programs: Intra Oral Dental Assistant
  • Quick Summary: Learn office and clinic procedures, including four handed dentistry and record keeping.
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Oregon

Cambridge College

  • Location: Beaverton, Oregon
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn the duties of a dental assistant, including chairside and laboratory procedures, taking of dental X Rays, and front office duties. The program includes an externship.
  • Request Information from Cambridge College

Pennsylvania

Allied Medical and Technical Institute

Bradford School

CHI Institute

  • Location: Broomall, Pennsylvania
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Program combines classroom and lab training, and an externship as students learn to use dental instruments, take X rays, and more.
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Thompson Institute

  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Programs: Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Teaches insurance claims processing, including dental claims.
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Tri-State Business Institute

  • Location: Erie, PA
  • Programs: Dental Hygienist Associate degree
  • Quick Summary: Students will learn to work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients, and to perform a variety of patient, office, and laboratory duties.
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Western School of Health and Business Careers

YTI Career Institute

  • Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Programs: Dental Assisting diploma
  • Quick Summary: One year program provides training in chairside assisting, taking X-Rays, working with patients, and administrative procedures.
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Rhode Island

Lincoln Tech

  • Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Includes training in a variety of procedures used in a dentist's office, including chairside assisting and practice management.
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Texas

Career Centers of Texas

  • Location: Corpus Christi, El Paso and Fort Worth, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Develop the skills needed to become a dental assistant, including performing tray setups, patient care, preventive dentistry, taking X-Rays and infection control.
  • Request Information from Career Centers of Texas

Kaplan Career Institute

  • Location: McAllen and San Antonio, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Receive clinical and administrative instruction and get hands-on training as a chairside assistant. This program prepares graduates for the certification of registration exam as approved by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE).
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South Texas Vocational Technical Institute

Texas Careers

  • Location: Beaumont and Lubbock, Texas
  • Programs: Dental Assistant diploma
  • Quick Summary: Learn dental clinical skills, and prepare for the Registered Dental Assistant and State Board Radiologic Certification exams.
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Utah

  • Location: Clearfield and Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Programs: Dental Assisting Certificate
  • Quick Summary: Program covers chairside procedures used to assist the dentist, the taking and processing of dental X-Rays and the tasks used to run a dental office..
  • Request Information from Certified Careers Institute

Virginia

Medical Careers Institute

  • Location: Newport News, Virginia
  • Programs: AAS in Dental Assisting
  • Quick Summary: Students learn patient-related duties and office responsibilities, including clinical, radiographic, and administrative procedures.
  • Request Information from Medical Careers Institute