California Dental Institute, Inc. is devoted to preparing students for career success in the dental field in a compressed time frame while maintaining high standards.

Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower students to achieve lifelong professional goals and effect enduring personal growth. We provide a unique accelerated dental assisting program that allows students to achieve their educational objectives in a short period of time. In support of our mission, we have developed a strong culture of teamwork so that we can deliver excellent training to our students.

School Objectives

• To provide students with all the support needed to successfully complete the program
• To prepare students for immediate employment as Dental Assistants
• To encourage and foster the value of lifelong learning in our students
• To provide students with the most current and comprehensive training available
• To utilize evaluation tools and materials which encourage the students to effectively demonstrate the integration of the concepts and skills they have learned
• To provide a curriculum that teaches students how to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a professional environment

Course Objectives

• Perform chairside assisting for general dentistry and specialty procedures
• Describe the legal and ethical responsibilities of the dental healthcare worker
• Perform general front-office procedures
• Identify principles of microbiology and disease prevention, and perform infection control procedures
• Identify structures and explain functions and pathologies of dental and general anatomy
• Record patient-assessment data
• Identify the functions of pharmacology and anesthesia as they relate to dentistry
• Identify, describe, maintain and utilize dental instruments and equipment
• Understand and perform both film, and digital radiographic procedures
• Identify properties and uses, and manipulate dental materials
• Describe principles and perform techniques of preventive dentistry