Expanded Functions Dental Assisting

Expanded Functions Dental Assisting

Get Your Certificate Without Ever Leaving Your Dental Office

The Kirkwood Expanded Functions Dental Assisting Courses are offered through Continuing Education and are designed so you can obtain your EFDA certificate without leaving your dental office. Coursework is performed through directed text readings along with evaluation measures and completion of clinical skills within your office. You will be assigned an instructor who will oversee your progress within the course.
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EFDA Courses include:

  • EFDA Bridge Course
  • Expanded Dental Functions - Graduate
  • Expanded Dental Functions - Non-Graduate
  • EFDA: Monitoring of Nitrous Oxide Inhalation Analgesia with a Dental Patient
  • EFDA: Orthodontic

 

Students enrolled in the course are given six months to complete the readings, evaluation measures, and clinical skills. Online quizzes assist students to obtain information needed to pass the required post-assessment.

You will be required to attend an orientation session at Kirkwood's main campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alternative orientation options may be considered for those who are a great distance from this site.

All students registering for an EFDA course must read the paperwork overview below, and then fill out and return Forms 1 - 4. Registration is not official until all forms and payment are submitted and are on file.

If you have any specific enrollment questions, contact us at CEprogrammers@kirkwood.edu

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Kirkwood Continuing Education
Programming, Nursing & Allied Health Continuing Education
CEprogrammers@kirkwood.edu 
319-398-5626