Consider a Career as a Dental Assistant

If you’re an adult looking to change careers or to improve your technical skills in your current trade, the Minuteman Technical Institute may be the place for you.

Employment in the Dental Assisting field is expected to grow 25% between 2012-2022. MTI’s ten-month Dental Assisting intensive and highly rigorous program prepares students for positions that may pay $15 to $20 an hour. As important members of the dental health team, dental assistants provide a wide range of clinical skills such as maintaining optimal infection control protocol, manipulation of dental materials, exposing and processing x-rays, giving fluoride treatments, taking impressions, pouring models, fabricating temporary crowns, and making whitening trays. Administrative duties dental assistants typically perform include inventory control, record keeping and office procedures.

Minuteman Technical Institute’s applicants come from a variety of educational backgrounds – some earned a high school diploma, others have a GED, associate’s or college degree – but are attracted to the program for similar reasons. In a recent survey, many students cited the program’s short duration, the hands-on aspect of the curriculum, the excellence of the instructors, and the exciting job prospects that will be available to them upon finishing the program. Programs follow the school calendar, running September through June, Monday through Friday, from 7:45 am – 2:30 pm.

Students cover a wealth of material, such as work ethic skills, dental anatomy, vital signs, CPR, first aid, OSHA protocol, terminology, infection control, tray set-ups, radiology, dental materials and procedures, and all students participate in externships in dental offices. Graduates earn a Minuteman Technical Institute Dental Assisting Certificate, OSHA 10-hour General Safety Certification, CPR / AED (Automated External Defibrillator), First Aid Certificate, and are prepared for two additional certifications: the Dental Assisting National Board Infection Control Certificate and the Dental Assisting National Board Radiation Health and Safety Certificate.

The Minuteman Technical Institute (MTI) is now accepting applications for September 2015 admission into nine (9) different post-graduate programs: Advanced Automotive Technology, Building Construction Technology, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts/Baking, Dental Assisting, Early Education & Care, Electrical Wiring, and Plumbing.

MTI offers interest-free payment plans for all of its programs. In addition, students living in one of Minuteman’s 16 district towns receive a 50% tuition discount.

For more information and to apply, go to www.MinutemanTI.org or call 781-861-7151.

MTI is a part of Minuteman High School, an award-winning regional high school that gives its graduates a competitive edge in the new global economy by providing them with a high-quality career and technical education, coupled with a rigorous grounding in academics.

Minuteman has been spotlighted in several major media outlets, including The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and National Public Radio. It was also featured in a book, Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need.

The Minuteman district includes 16 member communities: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston.