Sobre nosotros
Quiénes somos, quién enseña aquí y a qué se dedican quienes se gradúan de Brilliant Dental Academy.
Quiénes somos
Nuestra visión
To be the region’s most trusted pathway into dental careers — every graduate chairside-ready, confident, and employed.
Nuestra misión
We train dental assistants through small cohorts, real operatory practice from week one, and externships with working clinics, so our graduates step into their first job already knowing the room.
Acerca de Brilliant Dental Academy
Brilliant Dental Academy opened in 2012 with four operatory chairs and a single cohort of six students. Today we run rolling cohorts year-round from our Harbor Blvd campus: a working simulation lab, a digital radiology suite, and a sterilization area laid out exactly like the practices our graduates join. Classes stay small on purpose — every student assists on live procedures during their externship, and most are working in a partner practice within 60 days of finishing. Financial aid guidance, exam preparation for RHS and DANB certification, and career placement support are part of the program, not extras.
Conoce al equipo
Aprende de quienes trabajan en el consultorio
Dental assisting changed my own path into dentistry, and I built this program to be the start I wish I’d had: small cohorts, real operatories from week one, and instructors who have worked the chair, not just taught it. If you are ready to work, we are ready to get you hired.
Profesorado destacado
Maria Rodriguez, RDA
Lead Clinical Instructor
RDA — 12 years chairside, sealant and coronal polish certified
My classroom is an operatory. By the time my students reach their externship, four-handed dentistry is muscle memory.
Instalaciones
- Sillones dentales
- Laboratorio de radiología
- Área de esterilización
- Laboratorio de simulación
- Laboratorio de materiales dentales
- Biblioteca
- Sala de estudiantes
- Estacionamiento
- Acceso para silla de ruedas
- Wi-Fi gratuito
- Colocación en externado
- Servicios de carrera
- Orientación de ayuda financiera
Resultados
Resultados de nuestros egresados
- 94%Certification pass rateRHS and DANB component exams, 2023–2025 graduating cohorts
- 88%Employed within 90 daysGraduates placed in partner practices across San Diego County
- 6Instructores
- 10Tamaño promedio de grupo
Graduate spotlight
Ana Reyes, RDA
Hired by her externship site, Harbor Smiles Dentistry, two weeks before graduation.
Preguntas frecuentes
Do I need any prior experience or a healthcare background?
No. Most of our students have never worked in a dental office. The program starts with infection control and dental anatomy and builds from there, so week one assumes nothing.
When are classes, and can I keep working?
Cohorts run evenings and weekends precisely so you can. Most of our students are working adults; the schedule for your cohort is published before you enroll.
What does the tuition include?
Everything on the included list above — training hours, textbook, scrubs, CPR and radiography certification, externship placement and job placement support. The only additional costs are the background check, TB test and Hepatitis B vaccination, which you pay to those providers directly.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes, and it is interest free. You can pay in full at enrollment, or pay a deposit and settle the balance in scheduled instalments across the program. Your exact schedule is shown before you pay anything.
What is the externship, and do you place me?
Eighty hours chairside in a working partner practice, assisting on live procedures. We place you — you do not have to find a site yourself.
Will I be certified at the end?
You finish with a certificate of completion, CPR / BLS certification and dental radiography certification, and you are prepared for the RHS and DANB component exams. Those exams are sat with their own boards and carry their own fees.
Do you guarantee me a job?
No school honestly can. We provide placement assistance, resume preparation and introductions to the partner practices our students extern with — 88% of recent graduates were employed within 90 days.
What do I need to enroll?
Proof that you are 18 or older (or a parent or guardian to co-sign if you are not), a high-school diploma or equivalent, and the enrollment agreement signed. You can complete all of it online from the Apply page.
Acreditación
California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
Approved to operate as a private postsecondary institution. Approval means the school meets minimum state standards; it is not an endorsement.
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