Director and Assistant Professor

Associate Dean and Professor Chris H. Miller

Professor Gail F. Williamson

Assistant Professors Mark E. Wohlford, Paul A. Zitterbart

Clinical Assistant Professors Matthew C. Moeller, Sybil S. Niemann

Lecturer Patricia A. Capps

Clinical Lecturer Karen M. Beard

Instructor Norman L. Stump

The dental assisting program covers one academic year (two semesters) and includes approximately 1,000 hours of lecture, laboratory, and clinical instruction. In addition to 17 mandatory courses in the core curriculum, an elective course in expanded restorative functions is offered in the summer session immediately following the academic year.

The program prepares the graduate to:

1. integrate knowledge of the basic, social, and dental sciences in assessing and performing dental assisting procedures;
2. assist the dentist in the comprehensive treatment and education of patients, serving as an integral part of the dental health care team;
3. perform a full range of dental assisting functions, as defined by the American Dental Association, in a variety of dental practice settings;
4. employ decision-making and communications skills in providing educational and health care services to special population groups in the community; and
5. establish learning habits that will lead to the graduate’s lifelong pursuit of knowledge through continuing education and other relevant sources of information.

Admission Requirements

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