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Dental Assistant
The San Diego Mesa Dental Assisting Program requires state-of-the-art dental equipment, hardware, and software to maintain relevance for dental assisting students and to be competitive with the other dental assisting schools. The dental field is changing rapidly in regards to new technology, equipment and allowable duties. According to the local Dental Society advisory members there is not only a demand for qualified Registered Dental Assistants but also the Dental Business Administrative Assistant.

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Dental Assistant Career Pathway
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Certificate Associate in
Science
Certificate of Achievement
Dental Assisting (RDA,CDA)
CoursesUnits
Summer
DENA 102, Dental Communications3
Fall
DENA 103, Preventive Dental Care1.5
DENA 103L, Preventive Dental Care Lab0.5
DENA 106, Basic Dental Science3.5
DENA 116, Dental Materials2
DENA 116L, Dental Materials Lab1
DENA 124, Basic Dental Assisting2
DENA 124L, Basic Dental Assisting Lab2
DENA 128, Dental Radiology2.5
DENA 128L, Dental Radiology Lab1
DENA 186A, Directed Clinical Practice1
Spring
DENA 132, Clinical Business Management1.5
DENA 132L, Clinical Business Management Lab1
DENA 136, Dental Radiography-II1
DENA 161, Intermediate Dental Assisting2
DENA 161L, Intermediate Dental Assisting Lab1
DENA 181, Advanced Dental Assisting2
DENA 181L, Advanced Dental Assisting Lab2
DENA 186B, Directed Clinical Practice3
Total Units = 33.5

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