River Valley Dental Assisting Academy River Valley Dental Assisting Academy
About
Fort Smith, Arkansas

A small program,
taught in a real practice.

River Valley Dental Assisting Academy trains dental assistants in thirteen weeks — one day a week, chairside, inside a working dental office in Fort Smith.

Why the academy exists

Most people who want into dentistry face the same wall: programs built around a schedule you can only meet by quitting your job. Meanwhile practices across the River Valley cannot find assistants who are ready to work on day one.

This academy was built to close that gap from both sides. One day a week for thirteen weeks, in a practice that is seeing patients — so you keep your income while you train, and you graduate having done the work rather than only read about it.

13
Weeks, start to finish
1
Day a week in class
6
Students per session
50
Hour externship
Instructors

Who you'll learn from

Holly Goodwin, lead instructor

Holly Goodwin

Lead instructor

Holly leads instruction week to week — the person beside you at the chair while you learn to set a tray, take a radiograph, and keep a room moving.

Dr. Beau Sparkman, DDS

Dr. Beau Sparkman, DDS

Founder & instructor

A practicing dentist who teaches inside his own practice, so what you learn is what a working office actually expects of an assistant.

The next session fills quickly.

Six seats per session. Applications are reviewed as they arrive.

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