Rural Roots Dental Institute’s Expanded Functions Dental Assisting (EFDA) Program is an accelerated, 5-week training program designed for qualified dental assistants seeking to expand their clinical skills and employment opportunities. The program combines didactic instruction with hands-on clinical training focused on expanded dental assisting functions, including dental materials, tooth morphology, placement, contouring, finishing and polishing of restorations, matrix systems, occlusion, anterior and posterior restorative procedures, infection control, patient communication, clinical efficiency, and professional responsibilities. Students receive supervised hands-on training using dental equipment and typodonts to develop competency and confidence in expanded functions. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, students receive a Certificate of Completion from Rural Roots Dental Institute.