Dental Assisting Program Mission Statement

The mission of the North Dakota State College of Science Allied Dental Education Department is to offer curriculums that can provide quality graduates in both the dental assisting and dental hygiene programs.

The curriculum and program activities associated with the department will be directed at providing students with the knowledge, skills and professionalism necessary for entry into the professions of dental assisting and dental hygiene.

Dental Assisting Program Goals

1. To prepare students for a career in dental assisting by offering a certificate in Dental Assisting.
2. To provide students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to serve them in career and life.
3. To blend a solid dental assisting clinical education with the basic science, behavioral social and general education courses.
4. To provide graduates with entry-level skills by satisfactorily meeting all dental assisting evaluations.
5. To coordinate seminars and workshops that provide continuing dental education to dental health care providers in the area.
6. To provide dental education outreach services to the community.

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