The Dawson Academy Teaching Dental Assistants How to Take Their Careers to the Next Level

Posted: May 26, 2009

The Dawson Academy Teaching Dental Assistants How to Take Their Careers to the Next Level
 
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St. Petersburg, FL – May 26, 2009 –The Dawson Academy is offering a new course that teaches dental assistants how to efficiently implement the skills necessary to support their dentists in diagnosis and treatment planning.
 
Dental Assistant 2 is a two-day course, presented by Shannon L. Pace, CDA and offered at Mid-Atlantic Center in Chesapeake, VA on Aug. 13-14, 2009.  The course falls under The Dawson Academy’s Practice and Professional Growth Track.  Tuition is $1,295 per assistant, and those completing the course will receive a total of 14 continuing education credits.  It’s recommended that students must have completed the Dental Assistant 1 course.
 
About the Course
This course is a programmed approach to gathering patient information and records is the basis of the class.  The role that technological advances in digital photography, computer diagnostics and mounted digital casts play in the assistant’s job is also covered in this intense hands-on course.  Dental assistants will learn how to efficiently implement the skills necessary to support their dentist’s vision of complete dentistry.
 
About Practice and Professional Growth Track
To create the best possible patient experience and a practice that delivers optimal patient care at all times, the entire dental team must understand and embrace the mission of the practice.  We present seminars and workshops that provide clinical and behavioral education for all team members, as well as training in entrepreneurship and leadership.  These offerings are also designed to develop the non-clinical competencies often missing in the dental practice.  As an integrated curriculum, the messages are consistent with the clinical teachings, and support the systems and processes needed to implement complete dentistry.
 
About Shannon L. Pace, CDA
Ms. Pace is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Inside Dental Assisting magazine and is also on the editorial board of The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry.  Ms. Pace was named to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Board of Directors in 2008, making her the first dental assistant elected to the Board.  She is an evaluator for Dental Advisor and consultant for many dental manufacturers. Ms. Pace is a 1994 graduate of the Dental Assisting Program at Bowman Gray School of Medicine and currently works with John C. Cranham, DDS, in his private practice in Chesapeake, VA.  Ms. Pace is the past president of the Metrolina Dental Assistants Society in Charlotte, NC.  She is also on the advisory board for the dental assistant program at Central Piedmont Community College.  Ms. Pace is the past Co-Editor-in-Chief for REALITYTEAM ‘aRTie’ and past Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Dental Assisting.
 
About The Dawson Academy
The Dawson Academy is dedicated to teaching the principles and skills necessary for the successful practice of complete, quality, predictable dentistry with primary concentrations in occlusion, the temporomandibular joints and comprehensive restorative dentistry.  The Academy covers four areas of study: the Core Curriculum, Advanced Restorative Principles and Procedures, Dental Medicine, and Practice and Professional Growth.
 
For more information about the classes, dates, locations, prices and continuing education credits, please contact The Dawson Academy by calling 800-952-2178 or visiting http://www.TheDawsonAcademy.com.
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