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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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According to the Employment Development Department Labor Market Information Division study of 2002-2012, 840 new positions are projected for San Diego County in the area of dental assisting with an average of 120 a year for the next four years. Labor Market data continues to show a tremendous demand in dental assisting for the next several years.