Dental assisting school?

There are so many to choose from. Is there a type of school that a dentist likes ie technical or career colleges ?





I don't want to waste time or money on a school that is not looked highly upon. I have been looking for ANY reviews on a Penn Foster career college and looking into there dental assisting online courses? Anyone know anything about them???? Thank you

Dental assisting school?
I'm a Dental Assistant and I went to a vocational dental assisting school, which allows some hands on training. I don't recommend an online course, which may be cheaper. It's not the same because you aren't getting hands on training with actual patients. Dentists might frown upon this when reviewing your resume. I would research schools very well, and make sure that you are getting the hands on training. If you don't work hands on in the school, you will be way behind once you get hired. What you read in a text book and actaully PERFORMING what you read about are soooo different. Good luck choosing a school!
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Reply:Please steer clear from penn foster (and stratford career institute) as it's been under several different names in the past and has over 200 complaints to the bbb per http://www.ripoffreport.com (search 'penn foster')





And please stay away from those expensive private schools and instead look into the county vo-tech school(s) or community college(s) as long as the program is accredited within the industry.





For more career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search 'dental assistant'.





http://www.ada.org and search 'careers in dentistry'.





For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ