Course Code: CNA
Course Type: DAXR
Clock Hours: 16
Course Description: A sixteen-hour course, taught days, evenings, or weekends, designed for the dental assistant who is working in a dental environment and has not been certified in radiography technology. This course prepares the student to take the state radiography exam.
Pre-Requisite: Must be presently working for a dentist and present a reference from the dentist.
CLASS TIMES
Call for class times. (203) 378-2210
COURSES
Dental Radiography Course, Dental Radiography Classes in Trumbull and Waterbury
Connecticut - The Dental Radiography course is a sixteen-hour course designed
for the dental assistant who is working in a dental environment and
has not been certified in radiography technology. This course prepares
the student to take the state radiography exam. The Dental Radiography course
includes: Terminology - Introduction to dental terms that will be used
in general dentistry. The tooth numbering system, dental and oral anatomy,
instrument identification and nomenclature, as well as, equipment operation
and Radiography Theory - X-ray theory and methods, developing and exposure
methods, darkroom procedures, and x-ray safety procedures. Valley Medical
Institute offers courses at two convenient locations—Trumbull,
CT and Waterbury, CT. Dental Radiography classes are available days, evenings
or weekends in Trumbull and Waterbury, Connecticut, near New Haven,
Hartford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Monroe, Shelton and Easton.