Dental Assistant Training in Massachusetts

Dental assistant training in Massachusetts provides postsecondary programs that ready students for a career as a dental assistant within the dentistry community. Most programs offer short-term certificates and diplomas and two-year degrees or associate’s degrees. Dental assistants perform a wide variety of duties such as direct patient care and office administration. They typically prepare the instruments used by a dentist and needed for dental procedures, take X-rays, and organize medical records. Most dental assistant training programs in Massachusetts are fast-paced and career focused. They focus on teaching the student the specific skills needed to be successful on the job. Classes generally include oral anatomy, dental hygiene and patient education, dental instrument identification, and dental office procedures.

American Career Institute

Certificate
Dental Assisting
Springfield, Framingham, Braintree, Cambridge, Woburn

Everest Institute

Diploma
Dental Assisting (Diploma)
Brighton, Chelsea

Kaplan Career Institute

Diploma
Diploma: Dental Assistant
Boston

Porter and Chester Institute

Certificate, Diploma
Dental Assisting
Chicopee, Westborough, Canton, Woburn

Other cities in Massachusetts

Online Schools

The following is a list of schools that offer online Dental Assistant Training programs.

Ashworth College

  • Medical and Dental Assisting

OTHER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN MASSACHUSETTS

Massasoit Community College

One Massasoit Boulevard, Brockton, Massachusetts 02302
Telephone:(508) 588-9100
http://www.massasoit.mass.edu

Middlesex Community College

100 Training Hill Rd, Middletown, Massachusetts 06457
Telephone:(860) 343-5701
http://www.mxcc.commnet.edu Springs Rd, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
Telephone:(978) 656-3200
http://www.middlesex.mass.edu

Northern Essex Community College

100 Elliott Street, Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830
Telephone:(978) 556-3000
http://www.necc.mass.edu/

Quinsigamond Community College

670 West Boylston Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01606
Telephone:(508) 853-2300
http://www.qcc.edu

Southeastern Technical Institute

250 Foundry St, South Easton, Massachusetts 02375
Telephone:(508) 238-1860
http://www.sti-tech.info

Springfield Technical Community College

1 Armory Sq, Springfield, Massachusetts 01105
Telephone:(413) 781-7822
http://www.stcc.edu