Next session begins Fall Session Begins: September 26, 2026 · Coming Soon seats left in Pearland
Looking for a dental assistant school near you? Our Pearland campus trains Registered Dental Assistants in 10 Saturdays — inside a working dental office, not a classroom.
Free to apply · No commitment
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Other programs run 12 weeks and finish with unpaid hours in someone else's practice. Ours doesn't. You're hands-on in a real dental office from week one, and you're done two weeks sooner.
Real operatories every Saturday · 4–5 students per instructor
Ten weeks in, you sit the Texas state exam and walk out a Registered Dental Assistant. The prep course and the exam are both included in tuition.
TSBDE registration course & exam included
$3,550 covers books, supplies, healthcare-provider CPR, study guides, and your state exam. Pay in full, or put $975 down and finish over 10 weekly drafts.
No lender. No loan. No surprise charges at week eight.
The people who answer your call, run your campus, and sign your certificate are the people who own the school. Three Houston campuses, three directors students name in their reviews.
Katy · Pearland · The Woodlands
Verified Google reviews from students who trained at this campus.
I had a great experience at HDAS with Mendy being my instructor. She provided very useful information about the career and supported every one of us here. I enjoyed my time at this program and learning new skills from Mendy.
Mendy was a great teacher! She really made sure we understood the hands on and learned it the correct way. Would definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to have a career in the dental field. Fast and easy.
Mendy is a great instructor, she explains the material really well and gives us the opportunity to ask questions. She also gives us real world examples. She constantly reminds us that she will be there to help us in the future with job opportunities!
Coming Soon left for the next session at Pearland. Applying is free and commits you to nothing.
Textbook, materials, study guides, healthcare-provider CPR and your TSBDE state RDA exam. No hidden costs, and you graduate debt free.
Option B
$975 today
Then 10 weekly payments of $288
Option A
$1,675 today
Then 10 weekly payments of $218
Pay in full
$3,550 today
Nothing else due, ever
The $305 plan fee is avoidable. Start with any deposit, then clear the balance before your first Saturday and the fee never applies — your total stays $3,550 either way.
Lectures on demand during the week, hands-on lab every Saturday at Kirby Smiles in groups of four or five.
Dental and general anatomy · Terminology · Infection control and sterilisation · Radiography and X-ray safety · Medical emergencies
Four-handed assisting · Moisture control · Patient examination · Restorative materials and procedures · Impressions and prosthodontics
Periodontics · Endodontics · Oral surgery · Pediatric dentistry · Orthodontics · Texas jurisprudence · Front office
Hands-on practical assessments · Healthcare-provider CPR certification · Final exam · Graduation
After you graduate, you take the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Certification exam — the one that makes you a Registered Dental Assistant. It's already paid for in your $3,550 tuition, so there's no separate registration and no surprise fee at the finish line.
Job hunting starts in week 3, not week 10. Your resume, the hidden job market, and interview practice all run alongside the clinical work — so you're ready to apply the week you finish.
Job hunting isn't something we bolt on at the end — it runs through the middle of the course, while you're still learning.
We start in week 3 and keep working on it through week 6 — including how to find the roles that never get advertised.
What practices actually ask, and how to answer when you're new. You'll have practised before you need it.
Our directors know practices across Houston and stay in touch with them. When roles open, our graduates hear about them.
Dental assistant roles are projected to grow 6% through 2034, with about 52,900 openings a year nationally.‡
Our directors stay in touch with practices across Houston — several of our students are hired by the very offices they trained in.
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Opening January 2027
Our Pearland campus opens for the Winter session, and it replaces our Clear Lake campus in Webster — same program, same team, same tuition, about 20 minutes further west. If you're currently enrolled at Clear Lake, your director will be in touch directly.
Enrolling for Winter now. Tours at Pearland begin in December — visit Clear Lake before then and you'll meet the same team.
Your campus director
Mendy started as an instructor at Pearland and moved into the director's role quickly — she brings real energy to every Saturday. After an accomplished career in dental assisting, she has led this campus since 2020.
You'll train at
3695 Kirby Dr #129, Pearland, TX 77584Saturday lab
8:00am – 12:00pm. Larger sessions add an afternoon lab, 1:00 – 5:00pm.
Reaching us
Mon–Sat, 9am–6pm CT. Admissions is virtual, so call or text any time — outside those hours our virtual assistant answers most questions straight away and we follow up personally.
Because class is one day a week, a longer Saturday drive is easier than it sounds. Our Pearland campus draws from across the south side — and if you trained with us at Clear Lake, Pearland is about 20 minutes further west along FM 518.
Plus southeast Houston — including 77058 · 77062 · 77089.
Closer to another campus? We also train in Katy and The Woodlands.
No — we train dental assistants, not dental hygienists. Hygiene requires a two-year associate degree and a separate license. Dental assisting takes ten Saturdays here, and you work chairside alongside the dentist.
Further than you'd expect. Our Pearland students come from League City, Pasadena, Friendswood and Pearland — because it's one Saturday a week rather than five weekdays, a longer drive works out far better than it sounds.
Yes — and starting pay doesn't depend on how long you spent in school. Our program covers the same skills and the same state RDA exam as longer courses, in a format built around one hands-on Saturday a week. You finish two weeks sooner and start earning two weeks earlier.
Yes. Every Saturday lab takes place at Kirby Smiles in Pearland — real operatories, real equipment, real experience.
$3,550 all in — textbook, materials, study guides, healthcare-provider CPR and the TSBDE state RDA exam. Plans start with a $975 deposit.
None. Most students start with no dental background. You need a high school diploma, GED, or 12+ college credit hours.
That's the point of the format. Lectures are on demand during the week and lab is Saturdays only — most of our students work full time.
Students drive in from across the region — some more than an hour. Because it's one day a week rather than five, the distance works out far better than a daily commute.
Seats go in the order deposits arrive. Coming Soon left for the next session.
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‡ $47,300 is the national median annual wage for dental assistants, May 2024. Employment is projected to grow 6% from 2024 to 2034, with about 52,900 openings each year. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
