Dental assistants are trained to work at the chairside, while dentists examine and treat patients.
Dental Hygienists provide preventive and therapeutic services, and perform dental health counseling.
MATC offers you an associate degree program in Dental Hygiene. The Dental Laboratory Technology program at MATC is an associate degree program. Dental technicians design, fabricate, and repair dental appliances and prosthetic restorations. The programs in Dental Hygiene and Dental Laboratory Technology are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and by the United States Department of Education.