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Owens Community College
unveils new Dental Assisting Certificate Program
Owens Community College is expanding its educational
opportunities within the Department of Dental Hygiene by
announcing the creation of a new Dental Assisting Certificate
Program. The new academic certificate program is being offered
to area residents for the first time during the current Fall
Semester on the Toledo-area Campus.
The College’s new certificate program recently received formal
approval by the Ohio Board of Regents.
“Owens Community College’s Dental Hygiene Department is proud to
offer an academic pathway that will meet the needs of the health
care community throughout Northwest
Ohio and beyond,” said Beth Tronolone, Owens Chair
of Dental Hygiene.
“The demand for dental assistant professionals is growing as a
result of dental practices expanding their need for dental
auxiliary utilization. Trained dental assistants play an
invaluable role in providing dental service and this new program
is designed to assist students in pursuing their career
aspirations in dental care.”
Owens’ certificate in dental assisting requires 39 credit hours
of coursework, which includes dental sciences, infection
control, dental materials, dental radiography, chairside
assisting and medical ethics, among other academic curriculum.
The new educational program is designed to prepare students for
employment in the health care dental industry. Additionally,
students will receive experiential learning in the College’s
state-of-the-art Dental Hygiene Clinic on the Toledo-area Campus
as well as at the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio and area
dental offices.
Upon program completion, individuals will be able to apply their
knowledge and skills to work in entry-level or higher employment
positions as dental assistants in private dental offices,
hospitals, correctional institutions, dental clinics, in the
armed forces, and federal, state and municipal health
departments.
Responsibilities as a dental assistant can include assisting the
dentist with examinations and fillings, preparing and
sterilizing instruments, exposing and organizing radiographs,
maintaining infection control, performing laboratory procedures
and performing reception and office management procedures.
Program admission is selective and requires submission of a
complete application file that includes a college application,
high school transcripts or GED record and college transcripts
(if applicable). Upon program completion, students will have the
opportunity to sit for the Dental Assisting Certification
Examination administered by the Commission of Ohio Dental
Assistant Certification.
In addition to the new Dental Assisting Certificate Program, the
Department of Dental Hygiene offers academic programs in Dental Hygiene and
Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary.
For additional information about Owens’ new academic program,
call (567) 661-7374
or
1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7374.
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