Expanded Functions Dental Assisting (EFDA) Virtual Information Session

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We will be offering tours of the dental lab immediately following the event for anyone who attends in-person. 


The UMA Dental Health Programs offers an Expanded Functions Dental Assisting (EFDA) program; this program includes two semester long courses taught by a local dentist with the assistance of an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant. In the Fall preclinical semester of EFDA, the course includes an online lecture with on campus laboratory sessions scheduled on Fridays. During this phase of the program, students complete a variety of expanded function skills on a typodont with direction from the course instructors as well as mentoring from a sponsoring dentist.Upon successful completion of the Fall semester pre-clinical coursework, students are allowed to advance into the spring semester where they will complete their clinical EFDA requirements. During this clinical semester students are allowed to perform EFDA skills on a patient under the direct supervision of a sponsoring dentist. The fall semester typically requires approximately 5-10 hours of time in a practice outside of a student’s work schedule to complete the laboratory course requirements. This requirement is in addition to the lecture component, which typically requires 4-8 hours a week.


This event is open to anyone who wants to attend (all students, faculty, staff, and the general public).