Whether you come from retail or care, online study can get you to the dental chair. You learn infection control, dental imaging, patient care and practice admin. You also complete work placement in two blocks.
A dentist works faster with a trained hand beside them.
Sterilisation and infection control get their own module.
Dental terminology, so day one is not a fog.
People and safety first, then the chair, then the front desk.
Three things worth knowing first.
Block one after four modules, block two later.
Assisting with dental imaging is part of the course.
Michelle Keen has thirteen years in the dental industry.
Plus two blocks of practice hours
Issued once the modules and placement are done.
Three hundred and fifty, logged in a dental practice.
Terminology, patient care, imaging and sterilisation.
Modules, blocks and hours, in writing.
Where you live shapes which practice takes you.
Upfront, in four, or weekly.
Modules one to four come before block one.
None. Communication and safety come first.
Three hundred and fifty hours, across two blocks.
You complete a minimum of 350 hours across two blocks, on top of the weekly study modules. The college confirms the details when you ask.
Yes. Assisting with radiography is a module.
This is assisting work, which is a good way in. Hygiene and therapy are separate paths with their own study.
None, ever. Open book quizzes and portfolios instead.
Yes, until placement blocks come around.
Any day. There are no semesters here.
Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.
Trainer Michelle Keen came from the dental industry.
Picture the first day the instruments land before they ask.