Dental Front Office, CC

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The Dental Front Office certificate is designed for dual enrollment, providing high school students the preparatory education and experience in the dental office industry. The certificate is to be used as a stackable credential in the Dental Assisting Program.

Students must maintain 75 percent averages in all dental assisting courses and satisfactory (S) grades for clinical experiences in order to progress to the next course in the sequence. Students must have course grades of “C” or better in all DNTA courses listed on the dental assisting degree plan and overall 2.0 grade point averages in order to graduate with a certificate in dental assisting.

First Semester

EDUC 1300 - Learning Framework Credits: 3
DNTA 1251 - Dental Office Management Credits: 2
DNTA 1311 - Dental Science Credits: 3

Semester Hours: 8

Second Semester

DNTA 1202 - Communication and Behavior in the Dental Office Credits: 2
DNTA 1213 - Emergency Management Credits: 2
Business Elective Credits: 3

Semester Hours: 7

Total Program Hours: 15

NOTE: This program leads to LSCO’s Dental Assisting Association of Applied Science (AAS) Degree.