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Dental Assisting Apprenticeships in California
8 registered apprenticeship programs in California train dental assisting apprentices. Registered apprenticeships (U.S. Dept of Labor) pay wages from day one — training costs are typically covered by the sponsor instead of tuition. Most run 2–5 years to full journey-level pay, and you apply directly to the sponsor. Licensing note: Yes: the work-experience pathway (15 months / 1,280 hours as a dental assistant) or the new preceptorship pathway (effective July 2025) substitutes for attending an RDA school.
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Registered programs by city
Culver City (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
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| West Los Angeles College (WLAC) | Multiple Employer |
Paramount (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
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| Healthcare Career College | Multiple Employer |
Torrance (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
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| WestCal Academy | Multiple Employer |
Chico (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
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| Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) | Multiple Employer |
Manhattan Beach (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
|---|
| ToothWise Career Support | Multiple Employer |
Hayward (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
|---|
| Eden Area Regional Occupation Program · site | Multiple Employer |
Van Nuys (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
|---|
| Philomena O Oboh DDS, A Professional Corporation DBA Global Dental Academy | Multiple Employer |
Anaheim (1)
| Sponsor | Program type |
|---|
| Allied Health Occupations Apprenticeship | Multiple Employer |
To apply: contact sponsors through apprenticeship.gov or the sponsor's own site. Prefer classroom-first? Compare the 101 dental assisting schools in California.
Sponsor data: U.S. Dept of Labor Registered Apprenticeship (apprenticeship.gov), refreshed quarterly; locations reflect DOL registration records. Duplicate registrations and corrections-facility programs are filtered from display. Independent site — not affiliated with the U.S. DOL. About half of states run their own apprenticeship agencies (incl. NY, MN, OR, VT, WA, DC) — federal data undercounts those states, so a low count there does not mean apprenticeships don't exist.