Diploma in Dental Assistant

Dental assistants work side-by-side with dentists to ensure a smooth patient experience. Their responsibilities include keeping patients comfortable, making dental impressions, and exposing radiographs. With booming demand, practices are seeking experienced dental assistants. Students working toward the Dental Assistant Diploma at Vista College receive real experience built into this career training program, making them great candidates for great jobs.

We’ve designed COE-accredited dental assistant training that gets you Day 1 Ready in under 11 months*, focusing on the skills employers seek. You’ll emerge from our program with dental office experience, prepared for the DANB certification exam. Our instructors are professionals who give hands-on instruction with real equipment.

Because job preparation goes beyond classes, Vista College’s personalized career services focus on all aspects of career readiness, from finding the right jobs to resume building to interview prep. We even offer exam preparation and pay fees for your certification, going above and beyond what you’ll find at most other accredited dental assisting schools. If you are ready to put your new skills to work, we’re ready to help.

At Vista College, we don’t just say that our mission is your success. We mean it. For more than 30 years, we’ve been helping students get the training they need to pursue work in their chosen fields. We offer two ways for you to learn: online and on-campus.

We value your education as much as you do, which is why we offer high-quality, hands-on training provided by people who actually work in the industries they teach about.

Whether you study medical assisting or cosmetology, nursing or HVAC, or choose from our other programs, our goal is the same. Our mission is: “To provide high-quality, specialized career preparation or enhancement.