Train as a Dental Assistant

Chesapeake Campus

Centura is centered on your success.

Dental assistants are taking on more and more responsibilities in both patient care and office administration.
Learn how to handle patient emergencies, compassionate patient communication, dental radiology, and specialties like oral surgery in as little as 48 weeks.
Financial aid is available for eligible students.

Applicants must meet admission requirements. Acceptance is not automatic.

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Centura is centered on your success.

Dental assistants are taking on more and more responsibilities in both patient care and office administration.
Learn how to handle patient emergencies, compassionate patient communication, dental radiology, and specialties like oral surgery in as little as 48 weeks.
Financial aid is available for eligible students.

Applicants must meet admission requirements. Acceptance is not automatic.

Prepare yourself with in-depth instruction.

Phase 1

Start with procedures to deal with patient emergencies, such as choking, loss of consciousness, chest pain and allergic reactions.

Phase 2

Learn how to deal with patients’ anxieties, plus approaches for patients with specific psychiatric and medical conditions.

Phase 3

Explore proper use of the X-ray machine, film and processing procedures, and principles of intraoral and extraoral radiography.

Phase 4

Focus on specialties including orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics and oral surgery.

The skills you need, taught by professionals
in the field.

“I know my students on a personal level. I know their stories individually, why they’re here, what they want to do…I just love to see people win.”

– Tiffany Brent, Dental Assisting Instructor

Centura training is designed to move you forward.

Hands-on, practical instruction

Convenient day or night classes

Diverse learning environments

Career placement assistance

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About Centura

Founded in 1969, Centura College specializes in preparing graduates for a wide variety of career opportunities. There are three Centura campuses in the Tidewater Virginia area, located in Chesapeake, Newport News and Norfolk.

The Dental Assistant Program is offered at Centura’s Chesapeake campus, which features a 27,000-square-foot facility with computer labs, lecture halls, computer labs and specialized labs for hands-on training. Not all programs available at all locations.

For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information, please visit our website at https://www.centuracollege.edu/. For consumer information, please visit https://www.centuracollege.edu/your-rights/.

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