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Dental Careers

Dental Careers

Dental Careers I

  • Course #8328
  • 2 Credits/Elective
  • 36 Weeks

Dental Careers II

  • Course #8329
  • 2 Credits/Elective
  • 36 WeeksAvailable at ACE Center at Hermitage

Description

  • Students are introduced to careers in dentistry
  • Study includes infection control, CDC guidelines and Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards; anatomy and physiology; tooth morphology; oral histology; preventive dentistry; office administration and management; use of dental software; operative dentistry techniques; and dental materials/laboratory skills.

Students qualified as CTE finishers will take an Industry Credentialing assessment related to the course