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Requirements

Program Admissions

Admission to the dental assisting program is limited to 24 students per year. To be accepted into the program you must do the following:

  1. be accepted by IPFW
  2. take IPFW placement tests in English, math, and reading
  3. make an appointment with a dental assisting department advisor
  4. submit a separate dental assisting application
  5. bring copies of all unofficial transcripts to your advising meeting
  6. observe in two general dental offices and complete the forms provided by our department
  7. take prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better

Application Deadline

Your acceptance into the program is based on applying early and timely completion of all requirements.

The Dental Assisting application and two observation forms should be completed by April 1 of the year prior to the fall term in which you wish to enter. The number of eligible applicants each year greatly exceeds the number of spaces available. Students tend to apply one year in advance for the dental assisting program.

All applications received after the April 1 deadline will be considered on a space available basis only.

 

All prerequisite courses must be completed by June 1st with a grade of C or better.

Prerequisite Courses:

  • COM 114 — Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr. hrs.)
  • CS 106 — Intro to Computers (3 cr. hrs.)
  • ENG W131 — Elementary Composition I (3 cr. hrs.)
  • NUR 106 — Medical Terminology (3 cr. hrs.)
  • PSY 120 — Elementary Psychology (3 cr. hrs.)

Preferred Admission Courses:

  • BIOL 203 — Anatomy & Physiology I (4 cr. hrs.)
  • BIOL 204 — Anatomy & Physiology II (4 cr. hrs.)
  • DAST A122 — Introduction to Dentistry (1 cr. hr.)