Chairside Dental Academy

What Chairside Dental Academy does

Chairside Dental Academy, LLC is a privately held, Arizona-licensed vocational school founded in 1995 and headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. The company delivers in-person dental assistant training through a real dental-office training center at 3029 N. Alma School Road, supplemented by dedicated classroom space. The core offering is a 12-week or 12-day Dental Assistant Training program priced at $5,500 per enrollment, with class sizes deliberately capped at approximately 10 students for personalized hands-on instruction. The curriculum covers general dentistry, four-handed dentistry, radiology, orthodontics, oral surgery, endodontics, and front-office operations, culminating in a 100-hour internship and preparation for the DANB RHS and Arizona Coronal Polishing (AZCP) state certifications. Two ancillary certification-prep courses — Coronal Polish Prep ($850, two-day) and X-Ray Review ($550, one-day) — are sold as standalone classes, and a 3D Scanner Class on digital dental imaging is bundled into the core program.

The academy serves two distinct customer segments: individuals pursuing entry into the dental assisting profession (often career changers), and dental practices that sponsor existing employees through the program to obtain DANB-recognized credentials. Its go-to-market is direct, primarily through the company website, phone inquiries, and social channels including Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, with a dedicated 'Employers' funnel for B2B sponsorship leads. All revenue is generated as one-time tuition payments per enrollment, with no subscriptions, deferred tuition, or financing arrangements disclosed.

Operationally the business is small and founder-led: the lead instructor, Dolores Finegold, has been with the program for 25 years and personally anchors the curriculum and the brand. The company operates in partnership with Workforce Training Academy USA (WTA USA) and holds dual Arizona state licensure (Private Licensed Schools and Private Postsecondary Education). No outside institutional investment, M&A activity, multi-site footprint, or headcount growth has been disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Chairside Dental Academy

Legal name

Chairside Dental Academy, LLC

Website

https://www.chairsidedentalacademy.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Chairside Dental Academy is a Chandler, Arizona–based, state-licensed vocational school founded in 1995 that delivers in-person, hands-on dental assistant training ($5,500 tuition) plus DANB exam prep courses to career-changers and dental-practice employers, with small class sizes of roughly 10 students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Dental Education

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Dental Assisting (EDAOAJAJ)

Keywords

• Dental assistant training
• Vocational dental education
• DANB certification prep
• Dental radiology training
• Coronal polishing prep

Headquarters

HQ city

Chandler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dental Assistant Training Tuition: One-time tuition payment of $5,500 for the 12-week or 12-day dental assistant training program, which includes scrubs, books, Radiology review class, and 3D Scanner class. Additional revenue from individual course enrollments for Coronal Polish Prep ($850) and X-Ray Review ($550).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Chairside Dental Academy delivers in-person, hands-on dental assistant training at its Chandler, Arizona facility. The core product is a 12-week or 12-day Dental Assistant Training program ($5,500 tuition) that prepares students for DANB RHS and Arizona Coronal Polishing certifications, supplemented by 1-day X-Ray Review ($550) and 2-day Coronal Polish Prep ($850) classes.

Product overview

Chairside Dental Academy offers a portfolio of dental assistant training programs centered around a core 12-week or 12-day Dental Assistant Training course. This comprehensive program is supplemented by specialized certification prep classes: Coronal Polish Prep (2-day) and X-Ray Review (1-day), both designed to help students earn their DANB certifications. A 3D Scanner Class is included within the core program. All programs feature hands-on training in a real dental office setting and prepare students for Arizona state-required credentials (RHS and AZCP). The academy operates in partnership with Workforce Training Academy USA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Starting pay $20-$30 per hour for dental assistants upon program completion
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Workforce Training Academy USA (WTA USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChairside Dental Academy operates in partnership with Workforce Training Academy USA (WTA USA). The partnership enables the academy to leverage WTA USA's infrastructure and resources to provide comprehensive dental assistant training programs. The academy is licensed and regulated by the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education and operates under the WTA USA umbrella organization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brookline College: For-profit college with Arizona campuses offering allied health programs including dental assisting. Comparable as a direct competitor operating in the same Arizona market with similar dental assisting certificate offerings.
• Ross Education: Private for-profit career school with a portfolio of dental assisting and other allied health programs. Comparable because it competes for the same entry-level healthcare career-changer student and offers similar short-format, hands-on dental assisting certification programs.
• Fortis College: Multi-state for-profit career college offering dental assisting and other allied health programs. Comparable because it serves the same career-changer student seeking a short, hands-on dental assisting certification.
• Pima Medical Institute: Multi-campus for-profit health-focused career college that includes dental assisting among its allied health programs. Comparable because it offers certificate-level dental assisting training with similar hands-on clinical components and targets career-changers entering healthcare support roles.
• Charter College: For-profit career college offering dental assisting and other allied health programs across multiple campuses. Comparable as a competitor in the dental assistant training space targeting similar students with similar short-format, hands-on curricula.
• UEI College: Multi-campus for-profit career college offering dental assistant and other allied health programs. Comparable as a direct competitor offering short-duration, career-focused dental training aimed at the same entry-level student demographic.
• Milan Institute: For-profit vocational school offering dental assisting programs alongside other trades, with multiple campuses in the western U.S. Comparable because it targets the same entry-level healthcare support student with similar short-format, hands-on dental training.
• Concorde Career Colleges: Private for-profit career college system offering dental assisting diploma programs across multiple states. Comparable as a direct competitor in the dental assistant training space, serving similar students seeking short, intensive healthcare support certification pathways.
• Arizona College: For-profit health-focused college with a campus in the Phoenix metro area offering dental assisting and other allied health programs. Comparable because it competes in the same Arizona market for the same dental assisting student.
• Carrington College: For-profit college offering dental assisting and other allied health programs across multiple campuses, including Arizona. Directly comparable as it serves the same regional career-changer student with similar dental assisting certificate offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/chairsidedentalacademy
• Instagraminstagram.com/chairside_academy
• TikToktiktok.com/@chairsidentalacademy

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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