{"id":293429,"date":"2026-05-14T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293429\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:35:08","slug":"southwest-texas-college-launches-inaugural-dental-assistant-class-at-uvalde-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293429\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Texas College launches inaugural dental assistant class at Uvalde campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

UVALDE, Texas – A new pathway into the dental workforce is now underway in Uvalde as Southwest Texas College launched its inaugural Dental Assistant Program class on May 11.<\/p>\n

On May 14, Southwest Texas College<\/a> said the 167-hour, hands-on training course is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in dental offices and other health care settings. <\/p>\n

The curriculum includes chairside procedures, infection control, dental radiography, patient care, dental materials, and office management.<\/p>\n

The program is partnered with Community Health Development, Inc. in Uvalde, where students complete a required 40-hour dental clinic externship. <\/p>\n

The college said the externship is intended to give students clinical experience applying classroom training while building skills for future employment.<\/p>\n

Additional topics include dental terminology, professionalism, ethics, emergency response, and Texas dental regulations, according to the release.<\/p>\n

Admission requirements include a current TB test, the hepatitis B series, a minimum age of 18, a high school transcript or equivalent, and a driver\u2019s license and Social Security card.<\/p>\n

Southwest Texas College said the program also prepares students to pursue credentials, including the Dental Assisting National Board Radiation Health and Safety exam and the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners jurisprudence assessment for registered dental assistant eligibility.<\/p>\n

Southwest Texas College describes itself as a regional, open-door institution serving an 11-county area from the Texas Hill Country to the U.S.-Mexican border. The college has provided education in the region since 1946.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UVALDE, Texas – A new pathway into the dental workforce is now underway in Uvalde as Southwest Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-293429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}