Dental Technology is an exciting and challenging career with great employment potential. The next two years will be demanding and will require you to adjust your family, work, school, and free time schedules.
This program is set up on a block schedule, meaning you will focus on 2-3 classes at a time for 4-5 weeks. Dental Technology program classes move quickly.
Keep the following information in mind when registering for your next semester's classes:
You have chosen an exciting and challenging career with great employment potential. The next two years will be demanding and require you to adjust your family, work, school, and free time schedules. The program is set up on a block schedule, meaning you will focus on 2-3 classes at a time for 3 or 6 weeks. The Dental Technology program classes move quickly and will require a lot of your time, in and out of class. We want you to be successful in your new dental technology career, so we have set up an orientation day on August 23, 2021, starting at 8 a.m. in Linn Hall, room 2114 (the first day of classes) to help with this transition.
The topics covered in the orientation are very beneficial to incoming students for their readiness in the program. We require your participation in this informative orientation session. The orientation will cover the Dental Technology Handbook, your books, tool kits, lab schedules, scrubs, and lab jackets. Scrubs are required to be solid colors with no design. Lab jackets must be blue, with front pockets and long sleeves with cuffs. Both can be purchased at places like Wal-Mart, uniform shops, online, etc. You will need to pick up your tool kits at the Kirkwood Bookstore on the Cedar Rapids campus before Orientation. All dental technology textbooks can also be purchased at the Kirkwood bookstore, but many of the Dental Technology books can also be downloaded free of charge. We will be going through the tool kits to make sure everything is in there and complete.
Participation is a good step toward successfully completing your goal of becoming a Dental Technician. Work hard and listen to your instructors and the next two years will fly by.
If you have any questions, please call or email Sandra Kotowske:
319-398-7125
sandra.kotowske@kirkwood.edu.
A note from our program director:
Welcome to the Dental Technology program! You have chosen a dynamic and challenging career that will bring very rewarding experiences.
The faculty and I congratulate you for choosing what we feel is a great profession. The next two years will be very busy and challenging. We realize that attending college may have already required some changes in your life. We understand that being a student is only part of your life.
To assist you in making some of the adjustments we have prepared a student handbook as a special resource of information and expectations. As you progress through the program you will probably refer back to this resource. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the material presented in this handbook.
Our goal is your success, so as questions arise, please let us know. Our best advice to new students is:
Leah Coleman
Director of Dental Technology