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Administrative Dental Assistant

EDINBORO, Pennsylvania | Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania | ID: 145350

Overview

210 GLASGOW ROAD EDINBORO, Pennsylvania 16444-0001
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814-732-2991
Online Training
Administrative Dental Assistant
Certificate of Completion
$1,795.00 - $1,795.00
Training(Trade)

Description of Training Provider

Founded in 1857 as a private training school for teachers, EU has grown into the northwestern Pennsylvania region’s largest and most comprehensive institution of higher education. With a vibrant campus community, more than 100 areas of academic study, the

Program Description

This course will teach you the essential skills for managing the business aspects of a dental practice and becoming an administrative dental assistant. You will build effective communication skills and gain knowledge to assist dentists with organizational duties such as fee collection, banking, and accounts payable. A dental assistant's duties typically involve managing medical records, accounts receivable, and reimbursement, as well as billing patients and insurance, scheduling patients, and performing procedural and diagnostic coding. You'll also learn important foundational skills such as dental terminology and anatomy, as well as written and oral communication skills. This course provides comprehensive instruction with DENTRIX G4 software, which includes sample practice opportunities. You can also use this software to engage in activities and tasks that you would perform in an actual dental practice and use it to demonstrate your skills.

Skills & Competencies

Students will learn: The foundational skills for dental office administration, such as communication; Basic industry knowledge, including dental terminology and diseases; Scheduling patients using common industry software; Obtaining health histories and maintaining patient records; Mastering recall systems; Bookkeeping and billing practices; Completing dental insurance claim forms; CDT (current dental terminology) coding. Topics include: Orientation to the Dental Profession: Dental Basics; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Communication Skills and Telephone Techniques; Written Correspondence; Patient Relations; Dental Healthcare Team Communication; Records Management; Patient Clinical Records; Information Management; Scheduling and Recall Systems; Dental Patient Scheduling; Recall Systems; Dental Insurance Processing; Financial Management; Financial Arrangements and Collection Procedures; Bookkeeping Procedures: Accounts Receivable; Bookkeeping Procedures: Accounts Payable; Office Equipment and Inventory; Inventory Management; Office Equipment; Computers in the Dental Office; Employment Strategies

Additional Information

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Performance Measures

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