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At Indigo, our top priority is training exceptional dental assistants and helping them launch rewarding careers. Our course is intentionally designed with your career success in mind. We customize class sizes to match real job openings within the Indigo Network, and carefully select students we believe can excel as dental assistants to fill each class. Our training — developed by leading dental industry experts – focuses on the skills and qualities modern practices need most. We have so much confidence in our graduates, we back each one with the Indigo Promise: dedicated job placement assistance after graduation to help ensure you secure a great position.
Designed by leading dental professionals, our curriculum focuses on the essential skills today’s dental offices need most. At Indigo, we combine the flexibility of online learning with hands-on, in-person training through our accelerated hybrid model. Each week, you’ll complete online coursework that is reinforced with Saturday in-person clinical sessions. This training takes place in leading local dental offices using top-of-the-line equipment giving you valuable real-world experience.
Our hybrid approach ensures you get the critical repetition and experience you need to perform with confidence – and it also enables you to work while training for your exciting, new career!
We also offer the following CE courses covering more advanced Registered Dental Assistant (“RDA”) skills:
The BLS course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.
APPLY ONLINEThis course prepares students for the RDA written exam. The course includes review materials and an in-depth review of the Dental Board of California RDA exam.
APPLY ONLINEThe Pit and Fissure Sealants course is a Dental Board-approved course. This course teaches laboratory and clinical experience to achieve competence in the various protocols used in the application of pit and fissure sealants. After completion, graduates will receive a certificate in Pit and Fissure Sealants.
APPLY ONLINEThe Coronal Polishing course is a Dental Board-approved course designed to teach students coronal polishing techniques. After completing this course, graduates will earn a certificate in Coronal Polishing.
APPLY ONLINEThe Indigo Network + The Indigo Promise = The Indigo Difference
Everything we do is driven by the question you care about most: “How can I land a great job?” Unlike organizations that prioritize tuition over employment, our success is measured by your success. We accomplish this mission by leveraging the “Indigo Network” to keep the “Indigo Promise.” Here’s how it works:
The Indigo Network – leading local dental offices and dental service organizations that support students in three critical ways:
Network offices help shape curriculum to make sure students contribute on day one of employment
Network offices host in-person training sessions, providing students with critical real-world experience
Network offices post open positions — actual jobs — that are available for student application upon graduation
We’re confident Indigo is the best way to launch your dental assistant career—so confident that we back it with the Indigo Promise. Simply put, we help every graduate secure a job offer or externship within three months of completing the program. The Indigo Promise is our way of aligning our success with yours—something no other school offers.
Students accepted into our highly competitive programs receive:
Dental assistants perform many tasks, ranging from providing patient care and taking x-rays to record keeping and scheduling appointments. Their duties vary by state and with each dental office.
Dental assistants typically do the following:
Assistants work under the direction of a dentist and perform lab tasks, such as taking impressions of a patient’s teeth, taking radiographs, practicing infection control and asepsis, performing intraoral and extraoral photography, among many other permitted duties.
Dental assistants are allowed to perform the following procedures:
Fluoride application, in which fluoride is put directly on the teeth, is an anti-cavity measure. Some dental assistants may be qualified to apply topical anesthetic to an area of a patient’s mouth, temporarily numbing the area prior to a procedure. Each state regulates the scope of practice for dental assistants.
Work Environment
Almost all dental assistants work in dental offices. Most work full time. Dental assistants wear safety glasses, surgical masks, protective clothing, and gloves to protect themselves and patients from infectious diseases. They also must follow safety procedures to minimize risks associated with x-ray machines.
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