Expanded Function Dental Auxilliary (EFDA) Certificate Program
Class of 2025 Application opens June 2024

The Seattle Central College (SCC) Dental Programs prepare dental professionals for the workplace, service to the community, and the dynamic roles in oral health care. The Dental Programs promote educational excellence through liberal and technical education in a diverse multicultural urban environment where scientific knowledge, skill development and societal changes are achieved.

The program website and "SCC EFDA Program Admission Information Packet" describe the EFDA profession, career opportunities, program pre-requisite requirements, physical demands on EFDAs, important dates/deadlines, information session dates/times, and informational documents.

All criteria required in this application must be met to be considered an applicant.  You must have an ctcLink EMPL ID to log into the application page.  The application is saved when navigating through each step of the application or at log out. DO NOT hit the "Submit" button at the end of the application until all steps are finalized and supporting documents have been uploaded.  Changes cannot be made once "Submit" has been hit. 

Once the "submit" button is hit, a $35 application fee must be paid with a credit or debit card.

• Preliminary application deadline: September 30, 2024.  NOTE: Applications will continue to be accepted and reviewed after this date until the class is full.
  All qualified applications recieved by September 30 will be contacted to schedule a manual dexterity assessment in October.
  NEW: applicants may request a dexterity assessment appointment using the following link, which is also found on the EFDA's Get Started page: 
  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OP_YAhHXMU6pFWy1z_eI39QWHGqCYiBMheCDaAjXR6VUQ0o0TFpNT1gxN09SNTNCVjNKVUlMVjlGQy4u
• Qualified applications recieved after September 30 may be offered manual dexterity assessment appointments and consideration for admission to the EFDA class on a space-available basis.
• The top complete and qualified applicants will be invited to attend a mandatory SCC EFDA Program Orientation on Friday, November 8, 2024.
• Program begins classes on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Disclosure: Application submission does not guarantee admission into the SCC EFDA Program