Program: Dental Assisting Bridge Certificate - Skagit Valley College

Apr 27, 2025

2017-2018 Catalog SVC

50 Credits

Inactive beginning 2018-19. SVC is no longer accepting new students for this program, however, we will still be offering the Dental Foundations certificate.

Required Courses:

DEN 100 - Introduction to Dental Assisting (1)
DEN 105 - Head and Neck Anatomy (2)
DEN 110 - Dental Foundations (5)
DEN 112 - Chairside Assisting I (7)
DEN 114 - Dental Sciences (4)
AHE 102 - Basic Medical Terminology (5)
or
AHE 160 - Medical Dialogue I (3) and
AHE 161 - Medical Dialogue II (3)
AHE 106 - Anatomy & Physiology (6)
AHE 128 - Introduction to Dental Clinic (2)
AHE 200 - First Aid and Emergency Procedures (3)
ENGL& 101 - English Composition I (5)
CMST& 210 - Interpersonal Communication: D (5)
or
PSYC& 100 - General Psychology (5)
MATH& 107 - Math in Society (5)
or
WMATH 100 - Professional Technical Applied Math (5)

Suggested Schedule

Courses must be taken in sequence. Consult with department chair or SVC counselor.

First Year

Fall

DEN 100 - Introduction to Dental Assisting (1)
DEN 105 - Head and Neck Anatomy (2)
DEN 114 - Dental Sciences (4)
^ AHE 102 - Basic Medical Terminology (5)
† ENGL& 101 - English Composition I (5)

Total Hours: 17

Winter

DEN 110 - Dental Foundations (5)
∞ AHE 106 - Anatomy & Physiology (6)
AHE 200 - First Aid and Emergency Procedures (3)
† MATH& 107 - Math in Society (5)

Total Hours: 19

Spring

DEN 112 - Chairside Assisting I (7)
AHE 128 - Introduction to Dental Clinic (2)
√ CMST& 210 - Interpersonal Communication: D (5)

Total Hours: 14

Note:

^ or AHE 160 and AHE 161 . AHE 102 may be taken summer quarter prior to starting the Dental program.

∞ AHE 106 may be taken either Winter or Spring quarter; AHE 102 is a prerequisite.

√ or PSYC& 100 .

† Students who do not receive an appropriate test score will require additional coursework to develop necessary skills for entry into class. (WMATH 100 can substitute for MATH& 107 )