Dental Assisting

Thank you for your interest in the Dental Assisting / Dental Hygiene Integrated Program being offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. This program integrates the basic concepts of dental assisting and dental hygiene while still maintaining two career track opportunities for students. Participating campuses are Bluegrass Community & Technical College - Leestown Campus, Big Sandy Community & Technical College - Prestonsburg and Somerset Community College Laurel Campus - North London, KY.

This site contains links to information about the program and its admissions policies, the career of dental assisting, career outlook and a variety of other materials. You may access this information by following the links to your left.

To apply to the Dental Assisting Program, please click on the following link: Dental Assisting Application.

The Dental Assisting Program application deadline is March 1, 2013. There will be no extended deadlines for the BCTC-Leestown and Big Sandy-Prestonsburg campuses*.

Preadmission Conferences Dates 2012-2013 

• Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, November 20, 2012 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 23, 2013 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Locations:

• BCTC - Leestown Campus Building A room 153
• BSCTC - Prestonsburg Campus Johnson Building Room J 117
• SCC - Laurel North Campus Building 2 Room 118

Contact

If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact the program coordinator Ms. Libby Ritchie CDA, EDDA, BS at (859) 246-6622 or you can email her at libby.ritchie@kctcs.edu.