Certificate in Dental Assistant: Details, Scope, Jobs & Salary

Do you want to become a Dental Assistant right after completing 10th standard in India? If yes, this article will be of help to you. In this article, I’ve provided details about dental assistant certificate course. The article covers topics like course details (duration, format), eligibility criteria, admission process, scope, career prospects and salary details.

 

Here is a quick overview of Certificate in Dental Assistant course –

Name of the courseCertificate in Dental Assistant
Duration6-12 months
Type of courseCertificate (Paramedical)
FieldDental care
FeesAround 30-55K INR

Who is a dental assistant? What are his/her tasks? What is it like to become a dental assistant, what’s the work profile like? You will find answers to these questions in the coming paragraphs.

 

Dental Assistants work under the supervision and guidance of qualified Dentists. They are paramedical professionals who directly assist Dentists. A Dental Assistant assists a Dentist in performing tasks like examination, treatment and surgery of patients.

 

Let us check out the common tasks performed by Dental Assistants-

  • Communicating with patients and preparing them for examination and/or surgery
  • Setting up equipment and instruments
  • Sterilization and cleaning of surgical instruments and equipment
  • Arranging equipment and instruments
  • Preparing materials and equipment required for making casts, impressions and restorations
  • Taking care of pre, intra and post surgical activities
  • Assisting Dentist in patient examination and surgery
  • Front office clerical work
  • Laboratory work

 

In short, professional dental assistants work under the supervision of a qualified dentist. They assist the dentist in performing tasks like diagnosis, treatment, surgery, preparing dental materials and patient education. You may also check – List of nursing courses.

 

Preparing and maintaining dental equipment, instruments and taking care of front end office tasks (patient enrollment, record keeping etc) are also important parts of their job. Let us check out the course details now-

 

Certificate in Dental Assistant: Course details

The course being discussed in this article is a paramedical certificate course. It is not Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree program. It is just a certification course.

 

Certificate Dental Assistant course is not as valuable as its Diploma or Degree counterparts. Still, the course is enough to acquire basic dental assistant skills. This course can help you land entry level dental assistant job (after course completion).

 

Duration

Duration: Depending upon the institute, course duration could be anywhere between 6 to 12 months.

 

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria: 10th passed from a recognized board (or equivalent) is the minimum educational qualification required.

 

Admission process

Admission process: Depending upon the institute, it could be direct admission process or merit based admission process. Most institutes follow direct admission process.

 

Certificate in Dental Assistant syllabus

Here are some of the important topics covered in the curriculum –

  • Human anatomy
  • Pharmacology
  • Pathology
  • Microbiology
  • Dental radiology
  • Dental materials
  • Food & nutrition
  • Communication skills
  • Personal hygiene
  • Dental equipment
  • Dental hygiene

 

Dental Assistant scope & jobs

Professional dental assistants usually work under the supervision of qualified dentists. They can be seen working at dental clinics, hospitals and community health centres, helping dentists.

 

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Government hospitals (Dental department), private hospitals (Dental department), Private Dental clinics, NGOs and Community health centres are places where dental assistants may find work.

 

Salary

Starting salary depends upon factors like- profile of the employer, job location and employee skills. Depending upon the above mentioned factors, dental assistants can earn anywhere between 6-8K Rupees per month (at start).

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3 thoughts on “Certificate in Dental Assistant: Details, Scope, Jobs & Salary”

  1. Sir I want to do dental assistant course could you send me any reputed institute address contact no.
    Duration: Depending upon the institute, course duration could be anywhere between 6 to 12 months.
    Eligibility criteria: 10th passed from a recognized board (or equivalent) is the minimum educational qualification required.

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