Advanced Diploma in Dental Assisting
An Advanced Diploma in Dental Assisting is an intensive professional training program that equips students with advanced clinical, administrative, and chairside skills to support dentists and dental specialists.
The coursesWhat this programme teaches, semester by semester. Each course runs for the number of weeks the college sets for it, and every week has its lesson, a narrated version of it, a printable outline and an assessment.
All programmesSemester 1 12 courses
Introduction to Health Care ( Medical Science Reloaded)
SharedDental Infection Control and Sterilization in Dentistry
Dental Anatomy for Dental Assisting
Dental Terminologies for Dental Assisting
Dental Ethics, Law and Regulations in Jamaica and Internationally
Introduction to the Dentistry and Dental Assisting Profession History in Jamaica and Global
General Microbiology
SharedCommunication Skill
SharedProblem solving and Decision Making Skills
SharedEthics and Law
SharedVital Signs
SharedMedical Terminologies, Anatomy and Physiology
SharedSemester 2 8 courses
Preventative Oral Health Care
Dental Office Operations and Management
Patient Management in the Dental Office
Dental Instruments and Equipment
Advanced Mathematics
SharedChemistry 101
SharedGeneral Sociology
SharedBasic Pathology
SharedSemester 3 6 courses
Basic Psychology
SharedDental Laboratory Procedures for Dental Assisting
Dental Clinical Records (Charting)
Dental Materials
Dental Instruments, Equipment and Procedures
Antibiotics
SharedSemester 4 4 courses
General and Oral Pathology
Dental Medical Emergency Care
Dental Anesthesia and Pharmacology
Introduction to Dental Radiology
Semester 5 3 courses
Dental Chair-side Assisting
Dental Extended Procedures for Dental Assisting
Dental Informatics
A course marked Shared is taught in more than one SPACS programme. It is the same course, so a student who has passed it does not sit it twice.
Take the week with you
Every week downloads as a printable outline, readable on a phone with the data off.
Listen instead of reading
Lessons come with a narrated version for studying on the move.
Weekly assessment
A short quiz each week, marked straight away, with the score kept on record.
Lessons, recordings and assessments sit behind the sign-in.
Enrolled students reach them with a link emailed to their college address, so there is no password to remember. Staff use the same sign-in. If you want to know more about this programme first, write to a lecturer.