Ocean Pointe North Georgia

2340 Loganville Hwy, Ste A101 Grayson, Georgia

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Orthodontic Assistant

Your future as an Orthodontic Assistant.

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12 week Orthodontic Assistant Program

Our hands-on courses are designed to prepare students to work in an orthodontic offices and to learn what it takes to become an orthodontic assistant.

The learning experience has been strategically structured to build a required skill set with advanced techniques based on the modern practices.

The majority of the program will be taught in a various parts of the orthodontic practice, with heavy emphasis on developing technical skills, building confidence in a clinical setting, gaining experience using orthodontic supplies, materials, and technologies, and teaching best practices of an orthodontic assisting.

OceanPointe prepares you with all the skills you need using a proven curriculum taught by passionate and knowledgeable instructors who are excited to help you succeed in the field.

What to expect.

Each week will consist of a combination of live lectures, and hands-on lab skills. Each Saturday, you will attend classes from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and is dedicated specifically to learning and perfecting your dental assisting skills in a real dental office!

Dental Assisting

Course Outline

WEEK 01

Oral and Dental Anatomy.

WEEK 02

What is Orthodontics?
-Introduction to Dental Specialties
-Types and Stages of Treatment
-Care and Use of Orthodontic Instruments

Tooth Movement

WEEK 03

The Orthodontic Appliance
-Introduction to the Orthodontic Appliance.
-Elasomentric and Steel Ligatures.
-Common Intra-Oral Auxilliaries.

WEEK 04

Archwires.

WEEK 05

Headgears and Elastics.

WEEK 06

Secondary Appliances
-Introduction and Examples

WEEK 07

Appliacation of Appliances
-Spacers and Orthodontic Bands
-Cementing of Bands
-Direct and Indirect Bonding

WEEK 08

Removal and Retention.

WEEK 09

Diagnostic Records
-X-Rays
-Photographs
-Orthodontic Models

WEEK 10

Infection Control.

WEEK 11

Patient Management.

WEEK 12

Professionalism.