Ascension College
320 E. Ascension St.
Gonzales, LA
(225)647-6609
www.ascensioncollege.org
Together We Will Build Your Tomorrow
Externs are available. As a requirement to completing dental assisting training, a student must complete a minimum of 136 hours working in a dental office. Ascension College, one of our contributors, trains assistants in all aspect of the dental office. Please consider partnering with Ascension College and open your practice to a student extern. This is a very rewarding experience, and often the extern remains in the practice, becoming a valuable, long term employee.
The Ascension College program is established to follow the guidelines of the Louisiana Dental Practice Act and the American Dental Assistants Association. Graduates are qualified to work in governmental dental clinics, the dental insurance industry and in dental practices in administration or the technical area. The students are also eligible after fulfilling the time qualifications to become Expanded Duty Dental Assistants in the State of Louisiana. Each dental assistant employed in direct patient care delivery works under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist.
Courses offered at Ascension College:
Introduction to Microsoft Word Advanced Microsoft Word
Business English Chairside Assisting, I & II
Computer Fundamentals Dental Clinical Procedures
Dental Insurance Claims and Coding Dental Science I & II
Dental Radiology Dental Lab I & II
Dental Law and Ethics Professional Development I & II
Strategies for Success Dental Office Procedures
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