Applicants must meet one of the following routes to be eligible to challenge a DAR certification exam.
Applicant shall be a graduate of, or is scheduled to graduate from, a dental assisting program that includes instruction in dental radiography in the curriculum.*
*The program or institution must be accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education (DOE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or otherwise approved by the 果冻传媒Board of Directors.
(The DAR credential is not a substitute for compliance with any licensing or regulatory requirements that an individual state may impose.)
Applicant shall be a graduate of, or be scheduled to graduate from, a formal dental assisting training program of the United States Armed Forces that includes instruction in dental radiography in the curriculum, within the last 4 years.
Applicant shall have been employed as a dental assistant or as a dental assisting instructor for a minimum of one year (1,560 hours), during which dental radiography would have been performed or taught as an aspect of the dental assistant work role.
Work requirement total is assumed to be the equivalent of a minimum of 30 hours per week (1,560 total hours) and may be a combination of part time settings.
Once you are eligible you can apply. Submit a separate application for each certification.
*Fees are non-refundable and include application, exam and first annual fee.
Application is valid for 1 year, allow 1-2 weeks for processing.
If you are taking the exam at your school, your instructor will provide information about the exam date and time. If you are taking the exam at a one of the hundreds of Pearson VUE testing center locations across the country, you will schedule your own exam.
Call Pearson VUE at 1-888-846-6941 24 hours prior to your exam. If you are late or don’t show, you must pay a retesting fee to reschedule.
or Call 1-888-846-6941
Arrive 30 minutes prior to exam time with the required testing items:
If you have questions about the acceptability of your identification, contact Pearson Vue:
Call 1-888-846-6941
Know what to expect:
If your application expires prior to gaining certification, you must submit a new application and fee to continue.
If you receive a failing score, you will need to retake the entire exam.
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