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Dental Assisting, Level I Certificate
Dental Assisting, Level I Certificate
at San Antonio College
San Antonio Catalog
The Dental Assisting Program is a 12-month, Fall-entry-only, full-time day program with limited enrollment (24 students). The program in dental assisting is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The mission of the program is to provide for and support competency-based learning for a multicultural community. As one of the accredited Dental Assisting Programs in Texas, the program is committed to excellence in helping to meet the diverse needs of both traditional and nontraditional students. The program seeks to provide each student with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to become a functional dental team member and meet the requirements of the national examining entity.
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Dental Assistants
Perform limited clinical duties under the direction of a dentist. Clinical duties may include equipment preparation and sterilization, preparing patients for treatment, assisting the dentist during treatment, and providing patients with instructions for oral healthcare procedures. May perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.
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$32,700
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Admissions
Phase One: Allied Health Department Requirements
- An application for formal admission San Antonio College (Apply Texas).
- Complete Dental Assisting Program online application website before deadline.
- Submit official sealed transcripts to Admission and Records Office
- Meet the program’s entry-level competencies which are completion of MATH 0320 or a TSI score of 350 or higher or college level math (AAS), INRW 0420 or TSI-English: Essay 5 and Reading 351. This can be accomplished by scoring appropriately on the TSI test or taking and passing the courses.
- A GPA of 2.75 or better.
- Provide a copy of unofficial transcript for advisement.
- Written proof of an advisement/degree plan signed by a faculty member of the dental assisting program
- Written proof of completion of 20 hours of observation at General Dentistry Practice (see program form).
- At this time, the dental assisting program does not admit students with advanced standing. Students meeting these basic requirements and Complio will be accepted on a first come first served basis Student not meeting these basic requirements will be referred to the Counselors at the Health and Biosciences Institute.
Please Note: Students accepted into the dental assisting program will be notified by Alamo e-mail. The phase two packet must be returned by the deadline in order to move to phase three.