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After just finishing the spring class, I would not recommend this course to anyone. The material you learn is so unnecessary and outdated. We were promised so much more than we received and the teacher wasn’t even able to answer most questions. Majority of our clinical time was just learning how to do x-rays, which might I add, are the kind that you don’t see in any office these days. The homework portion of this class felt so looked over as well. Everything we learned through the homework, was taught so differently in class and I felt so lost most of the time. The dentist that runs the office and school, only came in twice throughout the whole class, one of which was the final day. He was extremely unprofessional and made everyone feel uncomfortable in every way. He was yelling and getting mad that we didn’t know certain things and made 2 out of 3 students cry. He very aggressively grabbed us and treated us SO BAD. After the test, the teacher still tried to stand up for him, but never considered how we felt. I was so excited to take this course, because I felt like it would give me some experience and knowledge before starting a job in the field. Overall, this course was such a waste of money and time and I would’ve much rather just started a job knowing absolutely nothing.

Now that they are advertising again I hope to share my experience so others don’t make the same mistake! Let me start by saying that you do not need a certificate to be a dental assistant! I have run into multiple dental offices that frowned upon this class because it literally teaches you nothing. They would rather train you everything the correct way and you save $5,000! The trainer is incredibly rude and not helpful. She has a “better than you” attitude and made my entire class feel extremely uncomfortable and awkward. The price is astronomical considering you basically just learn a basic understanding of things most people already know, plus taking X-rays that 95% of dental offices in the area don’t use because it’s so outdated. You get to practice with the dentist for 5-10 mins for your “final”. It’s almost funny how ridiculous this “class” truly is. The dentist made several rude comments to me and the other students in the class and blamed it on our lack of studying and not taking it seriously instead of admitting the material the program provides is absolute garbage.
Please please save your money!