call us  @  714.253.3204 or email:  dentalhand@gmail.com  

Welcome to Dental Assisting  If you need to keep your job but are interested in the Dental Profession, we will train you quickly and efficiently to become a dental assistant. Learning is fun when you train in a real dental office from the very first day. This is a Ten Saturday Clinical Dental Assisting School that offers a paradigm shift in dental assisting training that the traditional, old fashion programs can not provide.                   

Graduate with all the State Certifications  needed to be employed as a Dental Assistant in California and to sit for the                                   California  R.D.A.  Exam.       Certification in coronal polishing is offered to graduates before taking their R.D.A. exam.

After 6 months of work experience you can be begin your certification as an orthodontic or anesthetic assistant; after 11 months of working or interning full or part time, our graduates are eligible to become a  R.D.A. since a graduation certifcate from OCDC counts as 4 months of work experience! Why not make an income and obtain valuable work experience while you wait to take the R.D.A. exam?

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There are many dental assisting programs to choose from in this area.  If the school will not give you the cost of their program over the phone or in their literature, can you really trust them to provide you with a quality teaching program?  We are proud of the low cost of our program and will not waste your time teaching you subjects that do nothing more than inflate the program to 6 months as other schools do to justify a tuition of $16,000 or more! Taking intra oral Digital X-Rays (and integrating these images with practice management systems), conventional X-Rays, Impressions, Model pouring and trimming, Splint fabrication and 4 Handed Dentistry are the primary skills students obtain after completing our program.      

Beware of the Non Licensed, "Mickey Mouse" Saturday Schools in Orange County Anyone can operate Non Licensed Dental Assisting Schools in California, without any State oversite if the school's tuition is $2500 or less.............

OCDC is licensed by the State of California and directed and instructed by Dr. Eliades, a wet gloved Southern Californian Dentist who practices all phases of modern dentistry from extractions and implants to root canals, porcelain veneers and orthodontics. Low value schools are taught by dry handed assistants. Receive serious "bang for your buck" at OCDC. This program is unmatched in the quality of training delivered.

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California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Dental Assisting School #25448491click here

California Dental Board Certification Programs Radiation Safety (Xray) X-59 Coronal Polishing CP-41 8 hour Infection Control IC-78
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U.S. Department of Defense MyCCA for military spouses approved Dental Assisting School click

The Ten Saturday Dental Assisting Program taught in our Dental Office of over 20 years , provides concurrent California Certification in Radiology, 8 hour Infection Control and the California Dental Practice Act

These certifications enables graduates immediate employment before taking their State RDA Exam. This is the superior path towards a R.D.A. license.Traditional Old fashioned schools can not provide this level of training since they lack the resources to keep up with the continual changes in Dental technology. We know what employers are looking for because we are a Working Dental Office!

Use Dental Assisting as a step towards becoming a Hygienist or Dentist.

Apply to Hygiene or Dental School with dental work experience, R.D.A. license and a letter from your employing dentist; grades being equal who do you think would have the upper hand in the very competitive admissions process?

Our next Dental Assisting class: June 23rd, 2012

Classes meet from 8:30AM to 5:00PM on Saturdays for ten consecutive weeks.

There is still time to enroll, don't wait too long and lose this great opportunity to enter the dental profession!

March 2011, Graduate:    Hi Dr. Eliades and Mr. E!!!
Just thought I let you guys know that I got a job!! I work at a dental office in Huntington Beach off Main street. I am REALLY REALLY excited, It was only the second place I interviewed at. It was sooo easy to find a job, I know you guys told us that over and over but I never thought it would really happen. And I haven't even told you the best part! It is a full time job and I get paid $15 an hour!! How amazing is that?? I owe it all to you guys, thank you so much!! I hope all is well and I hope your current class is filled with a great batch of students =)
K.S. Huntington Beach

Sept. 2009 Graduate:"This class is a portal to modern dentistry. The lectures are always reinforced with clinical practice. I feel competent to enter the dental field."                EC, Los Angeles, freshman Loma Linda Dental School class of 2014

June 2009 Graduate:" Thank you Dr. Eliades for your program, I love waking up in the morning for my new career."    NM, Irvine

Comments from graduates of ourfall 2008 session:

" I definitely would recommend the course. It exceeded my expectations. Very fun and informative with lots of hands on."                NS, Tujunga

" Very hands on, great for me. I read on my own time so I think this class was excellent."                  LH, Irvine

"Thank you for everything that you taught me during the radiation safety class. I very much enjoyed my time there and have learned a tremendous amount."        KC, Garden Grove, June 2009

"I wanted you to know my Dr. was so impressed with my X-Rays."                          GR, Maywood, September 2009

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8:30-12:00pm Morning Lecture                  "Hands  On Training" 1:00-5:00pm        

Learn dental  radiology, arguably the most difficult skill for a dental assistant to obtain in a fraction of the time compared to other schools. We achieve this by utilizing digital x-ray technology available in the dental office, our school. Why  not obtain your State Radiology Certificate as you train? This saves our graduates $400 dollars and at least 32 hours.

Students master their skills in a fraction of the time compared to other programs.                                                       Enrollment is limited; all lectures, clinical work and examinations are held in one convenient location at the state of the art Dental Office of George Eliades, D.D.S. The office is on Beach Blvd. one block north of the 405 fwy. All instruction is presented by Dr. Eliades and staff. This program utilizes modern technology in order to lower the learning curve such as Digital X-Ray imaging (filmless). Because producing x-ray images for patients is a major job requirement for dental assistants, it makes sense to learn it much more quickly with digital technology. Graduating our program with digital radiology skills provides our graduates with an advantage as they search for employment. You simply learn quicker in a dental office. Traditional, old fashioned techniques are not emphasized. Dr. Eliades has a passion for keeping up with modern dentistry and the curriculum at OCDC reflects this. Our primary goal is to teach you skills that are useful and what employers are looking for today.  You can be working in a dental office immediately after completing our program!