AM Training Institute’s 12-week Dental Assisting Program comprises of 161 total course clock hours:

• 24 lecture hours
• 72 laboratory hours +including 5 hours obtaining CPR Certification
• 20 hours of patient clinical training
• 40 hours of externship with a local practicing dentist
• 5 hours obtaining CPR Certification

Each lab class period is 3 hours in length and meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings, or all day Saturday for 72 hours of total laboratory sessions. Lectures, laboratory sessions, and clinical shadowing training are followed by two weeks of externship at the end of the program. Patient clinicals are when students work directly with patients during scheduled clinic hours. Classes are taught as shown in the course outline and the prerequisite for each class is the completion of the previous class. Saturday class students are given two 15-minute breaks and one hour for lunch. One (1) class hour is equal to fifty (50) minutes. Students are required to wear appropriate clinical dental attire, which includes scrubs, safety glasses, gloves, and masks, all of which will be provided and are included in the program tuition. All students must wear long hair pulled back and clean closed toe shoes, no visible tattoos or piercings (other than earrings). Our policy is set up to ensure that students get accustomed to the professional environment of working in a dental practice.

Program Entry Requirements

• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English
• Complete application and enrollment form
• Submit payment prior to taking the online course
• Pass background check
• CNA License (Cannot be expired)
• ID (DRIVERS LICENSE)
• SOCIAL SECURITY CARD
• Physical Form (form linked)
• COVID vaccine card or exemption form
• TB Screening
• HEPB/MMR/VARICELLA VACCINE RECORDS
• CPR CERTIFICATION (NEEDS TO BE WITHIN 2 YEARS)
• DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE CERTIFICATE (NEEDS TO BE WITHIN 3 YEARS)

NOTE: Students below 18 years of age must have a parent or legal guardian physically present to sign the student’s enrollment paperwork. Tuition Cost: $625