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Education

Dental Assistants

Welcome to the dentalcare.com dental assistants page.  dentalcare.com is dedicated to providing you with a variety of tools to better serve your patients.  You will find downloadable patient education materials on several different topics, including information for parents of small children and activity sheets for pediatric patients.  These materials are available in up to 20 different languages and multiple formats.  Choose between PDFs, videos and interactive learning.

You will also find evidence-based research articles, quality continuing education courses and special pricing for practicing dental assistants and dental assisting students.

If you are a dental assisting educator, use the dentalcare.com Faculty and Student Corners as excellent adjuncts to your curriculum.  The clinical slide library has more than 500 images students can use for projects.  In addition to dentalcare.com, check out dentalassistant.org to see what your professional organization, the American Dental Assistants Association, has to offer.

Jen Blake, CDA, EFDA, MADAA
ADAA Director of Education and Professional Relations

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Throughout the year, we will be posting updates and sharing stories of the wonderful work done by dental assistants. Check in often to see what’s new!

Continuing Education

Ortho Essentials

Procter & Gamble is proud to offer a library of over 150 online Continuing Education courses at no cost to dental professionals covering a broad range of topics.  Procter & Gamble is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider and is also designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry for Fellowship, Mastership, and Membership Maintenance Credit.  Continuing Education is one of the many ways we continue to support your efforts to stay informed.

Click here to take a course.

Click here to view the top 10 CE courses recently taken by dental assistants.

We at Crest + Oral-B realize the orthodontic dental assistants’ key role is helping the orthodontist correct oral health problems.  As you know, good oral hygiene is critical to the success of every orthodontic patient and can be one of the most challenging aspects of orthodontic care.  Check out our Ortho Essentials program and help inspire excellent oral hygiene in your patients.

For more information, click here.

Already using our Ortho Essential program in your office…refer your patients to the NEW embraceit.com for a complete braces survival guide!

Patient Education

Dental Assistants Rock!

It is important to keep in mind that when it comes to understanding patients’ needs, learning is best achieved through multiples senses.  We know people have preferred learning styles, and we also know visual cues are more likely to be remembered.  So, if your current approach to communicating with patients is based on verbal cues only, your message is most likely to be forgotten.  By incorporating visuals, patients are more likely to comprehend and remember.  You will find a variety of oral health topics in multiple formats on dentalcare.com.  The educational materials can be customized to include your practice information and are available in multiple languages.  You can print these materials to send home with your patients, or use chair side if you have computer access in your operatory.

Click here to view materials.

Dental Assistants are a very important part of every dental office, yet they often receive the least recognition for all their hard work.  We held a contest on Facebook asking dental professionals “Why Dental Assistants Rock at Work!”  From this contest, “The Top 10 Reasons Dental Assistants Rock!” poster was developed highlighting the importance and dedication of Dental Assistants everywhere!  Download and print the poster and hang it proudly in your office!

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Online Ordering

ADAA Survey Results

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The ADAA and Crest + Oral-B are proud to announce that effective immediately all dental assisting students in the U.S. may now order at student pricing on the Shopping CART at dentalcare.com.


Simply register and create your Online Account.  Then, you may order a maximum of 10 purchase units (cases or eaches) in a calendar year using a credit card and your home address.  (For help, follow these instructions to register.)


As always, practicing dental assistants and dental assistant faculty may continue to order online at significantly reduced prices.  Ten cases of product may be purchased per year using a credit card and home address.

The ADAA has conducted a survey that confirms what dental assistants already know.  Dental assistants make purchasing decisions in their practices.  Click here to view survey.  Visit the website of the ADAA at www.dentalassistant.org for more benefits for the profession.

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Congrats

Congratulations!

Based on information in Your Profile, it looks like you’ve graduated. As you transition into practice, we want to keep you informed about new CE courses, promotions, and other resources now available to you as a practicing professional.

So please take a moment to Update Your Profile; make sure to look under each category, i.e., Personal Information, School Information and Notification and Updates and click "Edit."

We also recommend that you visit the Graduating Student section for post-graduate tips.