About Us
Dental Staff School is a post secondary career school offering hands-on, skill focused, dental career training. Our mission is to provide practical and affordable lifelong learning opportunities for dental health care professionals with educational activities that aim to increase knowledge, skills, enhance practice performance, and improve the health status of patients. The philosophy of the Dental Staff School is based on a belief that people can be trained in a relatively short period of time provide you focus on the critical skills to enter the world of professional Dental Assisting. Our course is developed by experienced Dentists and experienced practicing Dental Assistants working in the dental community every day.
Choosing a career as a Dental Assistant is a smart decision, since entry-level dental professionals are very much in demand now. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of Dental Assistants is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2012. In fact, Dental Assisting careers are expected to be among the fastest growing occupations through 2012.
Dental Assistants work in a well-lighted, clean environment. About half of Dental Assistants have a 35 to 40-hour workweek, which may include work on Saturdays or evenings. The starting pay scale for experienced dental assistants is considerably higher than non-experienced. We are often asked what a graduate from our course should expect to make in their first job. The answer depends on where the office is. Offices in a metropolitan area generally pay higher salaries than those in suburban areas. Graduates of our course can expect to start well above the pay scale of those without experience, but less than experienced assistants.
As a student you should plan on at least 6-8 hours of homework each week. DSS offers web-based learning support as well as a hands-on learning environment.
STAFF BIO’S
JANET WALDRON; President and Instructor EDFA and RDA: a Dental Consultant and Life Coach with Fortune Management, in addition to her administrative experience, expertise in expanded dental duties, laboratory procedures, dental implants, and dental software and insurance. She has taught and trained assistants over the past 17 years.
MARGUERITA MCMURRAY; Director
MICHELLE BARTON; Clinical Instructor and Director of Education EDFA
JESSICA DEMBY; Clinical Instructor EDFA
SHAWNA GRAY: Cllinical Instructor and Office Manager EDFA
DR. JON WALDRON; is a graduate from Duke University and the University of Florida. He was a Captain in the Navel Reserve, where he has served as Commanding Officer of several dental and medical units. Private Practice Dentist at Waldron Dentistry
DR. BLAIR WALDRON; has been in practice since 1999. A University of Georgia undergraduate, with a degree in Biology and a DMD from the Medical College of Georgia.
DR. ED SCHLISSEL; has a Masters of Science in Materials from the College of Engineering. He recently took early retirement to go into private practice, from the School of Dental Medicine at Stoney Brook University where he was Professor and Chair of the Department of General Dentistry.
Georgia Dental Association www.gadental.org Our school is listed under Private Schools as Learn to Earn Dental Staff School.