Dental Office Administration

Dental office administrators are responsible for the business area of the dental office. This program prepares students to handle duties such as scheduling appointments, answering phones, handling collections, marketing the practice, preparing insurance claims, working with patient accounts, researching and following up on insurance claims, answering questions about payments, resubmitting insurance claims for payment, preparing accounts for statements, handling patient charts, controlling inventory, managing the office, and administering finances.

DENTAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
UCAT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Core Courses (1380 Hours Required)
Business Correspondence 90
Business English 90
Clinical Dental Procedures Overview 150
Computer Literacy 90
Dental Assisting Anatomy & Physiology 60
Dental Assisting Clinical Procedures I 60
Dental Assisting Clinical Procedures II 105
Dental Law and Ethics 30
Dental Office Administrative Procedures I 90
Dental Office Administrative Procedures II 30
Dental Office Administrative Procedures III 75
Dental Office Site Observation 30
Dental Radiology 90
Dental Terminology 30
Financial Procedures for the Dental Office 60
Math I 60
Keyboarding I 60
Workplace Relations 60
Psychology for the Health Professionals 30
Word Processing Applications I 90

Elective Courses (30 Hours Required)
Job Seeking Skills* 30
Special Applications1-180

Total: 1410 Hours

*High school students participating in the Dental Office Administration program may be able to transfer some courses into the Dental Assisting program provided students meet the standard requirements. The Dental Office program is available to high school students prior to high school graduation.