How can you be prepared for a dental career? Stautzenberger’s Externship

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How can you be prepared for a dental career? Stautzenberger’s Externship
On May 25, 2022

Getting experience can be one of the most difficult parts of getting ready for a new career.  With Stautzenberger’s Dental Assisting Diploma program, you will spend no less than 160 hours working in a dental office learning with a hands-on approach.  Our coordinators will make sure that the experience offers time and practice in many specialties, such as four-handed chairside techniques and related dental assisting procedures, which makes you, as a graduate, an attractive employee.  Our externship also includes 20 hours on-campus of extra practice and exam preparation meaning you are ready for a dental assisting position when you leave our facilities.

How can we offer a quality education? Stautzenberger’s Excellent Partners

No externship would be possible without wonderful teaching partners like Dr. Shreya Modi of Infinite Smiles Pediatric Dentistry of Solon, Ohio.  Dr. Modi gives Stautzenberger students an opportunity to not only work in a state-of-the-art facility, but to work with someone who values all clients.  Dr. Modi’s practice has the only sensory room in the area for children with special needs.  She also has dental chairs designed to work with wheelchairs.  Dr. Modi spends some of her time as the dentist for the animals at the Cleveland Zoo and as the dentist for the Cleveland Police K-9 unit. 

Why are these businesses willing to work with us? Stautzenberger’s Rigorous Classes

Dr. Modi has said she “appreciates working with students from Stautzenberger College because they have the skills needed to be job-ready.”  Those skills and knowledge come from the classes taught before the externship.  These classes cover detailed information that is needed in the field - and focus on many different areas.  Dental assistant students take classes on topics from Infection Control Measures, a class that focuses on microbiology and pathogenic agents, to Dental Radiology, a class about correct and safe procedures to take X-rays, to Dental Materials and Laboratory Procedures, a class that focuses on materials and their usage in dentistry.  Stautzenberger covers so many areas because we turn out quality students that are prepared for their fields.  As Dr. Modi commented, “The externship gives them the hands-on experience to get confidence in their field”.  That confidence is made possible through detailed knowledge and fantastic externship partners.

Stautzenberger’s Dental Assistant Program

Find out more about our Dental Assisting program today. Call 888.859.8225 or submit the Request Information form on our website. We are ready to assist you with completing the enrollment process, navigating your financial aid options, finding a tutor, practicing your interviewing skills, connecting with local employers, and more. Have the courage to accomplish your academic and professional goals!

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