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Dental Assistant
Program Overview
Our programs are accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada and are available Canada-wide, with campuses in Calgary, AB, and Toronto, ON.
Training for a career in dental assisting has never been easier. Risio offers high-quality distance learning developed by industry leaders and delivered via accessible online modules.
Months
12 Modules
21 Days Clinical Training
120 Hour Practicum
Tuition Cost Breakdown
Program Fee: $15,480 total—includes clinical modules
Tuition:
- $9000 initial deposit
- $6000 due on the 10th month
Textbooks:
- $300
Online Exam Proctoring:
- $180

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Alberta
Ontario

Expand Your Knowledge
Ortho Program
Overview
The Orthodontic Module is a hands-on training program designed to equip people with the specialized skills required to support orthodontic procedures.
This module is a valuable addition to the dental assisting profession. It focuses on the essential role of dental assistants during orthodontic treatments.
Upon completing the Risio Institute Orthodontic Module, participants will receive a certification acknowledging their specialized training in orthodontics. This certification will enhance their professional skills and open new career opportunities in orthodontic practices, contributing to improved patient care and dental practice efficiency.
Months or Less
Tuition Cost Breakdown
$1250.00 CAD total: $500 Theory + $750 Clinical, collected in full at the time of enrolment into the program.

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Dental Aide
Program Overview
Risio Institute offers a Dental introduction program to give employees a head-start in the dental industry.
Students can enrol in the Dental Aide Program to gain knowledge in dental and clinical basics, infection prevention and control, and sterilization.
Months or Less
Tuition Cost Breakdown
$1207 CAD Total: Tuition: $985.00 + Textbooks: $222.00

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Learn The Dental Basics
Free Course
Overview
The regular value of this material is over $360—but we make it available for free so that anyone interested in a dental assisting career has the resources they need to get started.
6 Modules

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Work Integrated Learning
Advantages
Earn While You Learn
We designed our flexible online modules to accommodate work schedules so students can avoid financial anxiety and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Gain Real Experience
Helping our current students find work or volunteer placements in dental offices ensures all our graduates enter the industry with hands-on professional experience.
Find Your Network
Working while you learn at Risio Institute helps connect you to your future peers in the dental industry, strengthening your professional network before you’ve even finished training.
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Work Integrated Learning Requirements
Students must submit a completed ‘Work Integrated Learning Form’ signed by their sponsoring dentist, which shows that they are employed or volunteering at a dental office for a minimum of 14 hours per week while enroled in the Program.
Risio also provides resources to help new students connect with sponsoring dentists if they do not have one before starting the program.
While I was in clinical with Jewel and Chantel they made the whole experience memorable and enjoyable. Thank you for everything. Casey and Carey are phenomenal at what they do. They put in hard work and it shows. Thank you.
I cannot express to you how incredible your program is! You have made it possible for me, a mother of two with a full time job, to be able to go back to school and work towards my dream of becoming an RDA. Without this program, it would not have been a possibility. By starting Risio Dental Institute you have created something truly amazing (and I’m not sure you guys even know HOW AMAZING), not just for me.. but also for the thousands and thousands of students that will come after me! I am so blessed to have met you ladies and to have been part of your very first intake! The 3 of you will always hold a very very special place in my heart, and I will carry your words of wisdom with me always! From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!! For your knowledge, your guidance and your patience.
The clinical environment was great! I was nervous the first day of course, but you guys were so welcoming and provided corrective feedback in a way that was very helpful and hands on, but not Intimidating at all! Don’t change what you guys are doing, it’s very effective and puts students at ease.
Risio Institute is the bomb dot com!
As their student, I had such an amazing time. It was nice meeting all the other students from different cities and also meeting our knowledgeable & patient instructors.
I felt such at ease being away from home. They made learning so fun at such a decent pace so I didn’t feel rushed.
I came, not knowing what to expect and I am leaving with such confidence, made new friends and excited to share my knowledge with my team at Signature Dental.
Learning at the Risio Institute has been a fantastic experience! The instructors are all very knowledgeable and encouraging. Everyone at Risio are so supportive and want each of us attending to be successful. They spend extra time with each of us ensuring that if we have questions or need extra skill practice that we get exactly what we need to be comfortable and proficient in each of the skills that we are being taught. The clinic is state of the art and you feel welcome the moment you walk through the door!
Thanks to Risio, as a single parent household, I have been able to follow my dreams and pursue becoming a Dental Assistant. Without this program this would not have been possible. Thank you so much Risio!!
They have structured online learning which helps keep you on track and get to your goals in a well timed manner.
The practical portion is lots of fun and helps to learn and use your skills. Would 100% recommend this school for dental assistant training.
I’m really pleased to be a part of your program. It’s simply brilliant.
They get to earn while they learn and I get an outstanding dental assistant at the end that has had customized training in my office as to the way I like to do things.
I have worked with many freshly minted dental assistants straight out of school and I can say without a doubt that this program produces great assistants that integrate very smoothly into the office.
It opens a door of opportunity for people that just might not have that door available to them. This is especially true living in a more rural community.
Calysta is the second student/staff member to be enroled in your program. Both students I have known personally for years, and in Rolenne’s (finished term 1) circumstance, I had worked with her for years in the OR at the local hospital. She was out of gas and needed a change. This program couldn’t have been more perfect. When Rolenne returned from her practical training term 1, she was well prepared, confident, and enthusiastic. She learned a lot and is really loving her job. It’s been fun to watch the transition.
I have great confidence that Calysta will be a star student and you guys will love having both of these people in your program moving forward.
Risio is common sense training delivered in a common sense way, great job!
I believe in this program and rely on it a great deal at the clinic that I am managing, I was able to talk to the owners to send a few girls which in the end we did send 5, as well as I was a part of sending another from a different clinic as well.
Up in the NORTH it is a hard thing to find RDA’s so this program allows us all to “make our own” and gives opportunity to communities that are small but still can get skilled employees much like apprenticeships.
I am so thrilled for the two of you and all that you have accomplished thus far and look forward whatever else this may bring to our profession!!
I am an RDA myself and have been for 36 years, I believe in “on the job training” while going to school! It is the greatest concept around and I thank you for developing such a TOP DRAWER PROGRAM. Congratulations again for a Job well done!!