Owens Community College has announced the creation of a new Dental Assisting Certificate Program within the Department of Dental Hygiene. The program is designed to prepare students for employment in the health care dental industry.

The certificate requires 39 credit hours of coursework, which includes dental sciences, infection control, dental materials, dental radiography, chairside assisting and medical ethics, among other academic coursework. Additionally, students will get hands-on experience in the college’s Dental Hygiene Clinic as well as at the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio and area dental offices. Upon program completion, students will have the opportunity to sit for the Dental Assisting Certification Examination administered by the Commission of Ohio Dental Assistant Certification.

Program admission is selective and requires submission of a complete application file that includes a college application, high school transcripts or GED record and college transcripts (if applicable).

In addition to the new Dental Assisting Certificate Program, the Department of Dental Hygiene offers academic programs in Dental Hygiene and Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary.

For more information, call 1-800-GO-OWENS , ext. 7374.

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