RUN!!! Seriously, if you are thinking about starting the dental assisting program it would be well worth the wait and money to go to the community college. Before graduating from the DA program at Apollo ("lol Carrington College, what a joke...), I had several teachers. Each one WORSE than the one before. The program director did very little to make sure the teachers gave us information and skills that would actually be useful in the feild. The equipment was out dated. They didnt want us using materials (that we pay sooo much for) because the said, "this material is very expensive and we have to make sure ... it lasts" Most the materials were expired an didnt work properly. This didnt provide us with the know how to use them. The result of that was looking really foolish at your exturn. We got into trouble like a child if we said anything "bad" (truthful) about the school not teaching this or that. The school would rather YOU the student (Who is looking for employment and whose paying their nice salary) look like an idiot! Further, there is no dentist on site, which means you can only practice X rays on a dummy. lol Best f luck to any DA who chooses to go to the basement quality school... if you can even call it that!
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