Dental Radiography

Practicing dental assistants will learn the basic principles and techniques of digital intraoral and panoramic radiography as they expose and evaluate radiographic images during laboratory sessions.

This intensive two-week course educates dental assistants in the basic fundamentals of dental radiography. Successful course completion satisfies the Rhode Island Department of Health requirement for exposure of radiographs in the dental office setting.

Requirements

1. A minimum of six months of full-time chairside dental assisting experience is required. Participants must submit written proof of experience from employer at the start of the first lab.

2. Students must recruit a patient for a full mouth series competency and are required to complete online coursework and attend all laboratory sessions. Students will be awarded with a certificate upon successful completion of all course requirements.

Registration Deadline:  October 25, 2019

Online Coursework begins: October 26, 2019 Lab Sessions: Saturday, November 2 and November 9 (8am – 3pm)

Please contact Kerri Friel with any questions (kfriel@ccri.edu)

Registration Information

1. Complete and return the registration form with payment. CRN and Course #: 60630-PSEM-4001-151
2. Purchase textbook: Dental Radiography Principles and Techniques” by Iannucci and Howerton, ed.5. Elsevier, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-323-29742-4. Available at the CCRI bookstores.