Certificate - Dental Office Administration
- 1 year
- Duration
- 14,884 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Certificate
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oshawa / Canada
- Location
- Durham College
- School
Program description
The administrative skills of dental office managers, such as data entry, scheduling, accounting, and human communication, are essential to the smooth running of any dental practice.
They act as a liaison between patients and dentists, facilitating communication and meeting patient needs. Graduates of this program will be prepared to professionally handle the business applications, software, and communications of a client-centered dental practice through a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on experience. Those who have completed the program can sit for the Ontario Dental Assistants Association's certification test.
The dental schools at Durham College have a stellar reputation.
Program structure
SEMESTER 1
- Academic Communication Essentials
- Productivity Software for The Workplace
- Dental Office Management 1
- Dental Anatomy and Technology for Office Administrator
- Managing Dental Office Finances
- Illnesses and Emotional Self-Regulation
SEMESTER 2
- Information Systems
- Dental Practice
- Dental Office Management 2
- Dental Theory and Imaging
- Field Placement 1
- Field Placement 2
- Professionalism and Client Relations
- Field Placement Preparation
Price
YEAR 1
SEMESTER 1
- Tuition: 7,442.05 CAD
- Program Fee: 0 CAD
- Ancillary Fee: 1,182.11 CAD
- DCSI Ancillary Fee*: 386.89 CAD
Total: 9,011.05 CAD
SEMESTER 2
- Tuition: 7,442.04 CAD
- Program Fee: 0 CAD
- Ancillary Fee: 480.71 CAD
- DCSI Ancillary Fee: 102.75 CAD
Total: 8,025.5 CAD
*Durham College Students International
Requirements for applicants
- Matured student status (applicants who are over 19 years old and do not have a high school diploma)
- Grade 12 English (C or U) (minimum 60 per cent)
- English language proficiency
- Academic IELTS: 6.0, no band score less than 5.5
- IBT TOEFL: 80, with minimum section scores of 20
- PTE Academic: 53 minimum overall, no section below 49 L,W,S,R
- CAEL: Overall scores of 60 with no section below 60
- DET 105
About the university
Since its inception in 1967, Durham College (DC) has been guided by the following ideals:
- an unwavering dedication to student success;
- high-quality programs led by exceptional teachers with real-world experience;
- graduates who have gone on to excellent professional success;
- a treasured relationship with the community.
Durham College has Oshawa and Whitby campuses, Ontario, Canada.
More than 140 full-time programs in a wide range of disciplines are available to students at Durham College (DC), giving them a great chance to succeed in their chosen areas. Students in the District of Columbia excel in a wide variety of fields, including sustainable practice innovation, creative writing, design, filmmaking, and animation, service to others in the areas of health and social welfare, and legal advocacy.
Durham College is a values-based institution that prioritizes its students' and community's needs first. To this end, we've made it a priority to create a welcoming culture within our college.
