Dental Radiography in Bridgeport, CT
Dental & Medical Careers Training at Valley Medical Institute
Course Code: DAXR
Course Type: Dental
Clock Hours: 40
Course Description:
A forty-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
Time Day Duration
Day 8:30am – 12:30pm M-F 2 weeks
Evening 5:30pm – 9:30pm M-F 2 weeks
Saturday 8:30am – 4:30 pm Sat 5 weeks
COURSES
DAXR-01 – 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.
DAXR-02 – Radiography Theory
X-ray theory and methods, developing and exposure methods, darkroom procedures and x-ray safety procedures.