This course in dental assisting, one of a series of bilingual English-Spanish vocational education courses, is designed to prepare the student to assist the dentist at the chairside in the dental operatory, to perform reception and clerical functions, and to carry out selected dental laboratory work. The course covers an introduction to the occupation, dental sciences, psychology, dental assisting, dental materials, radiology, business English, office management, biological sciences, and internship, providing handouts and transparency masters with narrative for these topics. The course also contains a detailed sample lesson plan on vocabulary for dental assistants as a model for teachers to develop lessons for the course and an extensive English/Spanish vocabulary list. Suggested books and films for teacher or classroom use complete the packet. (KC)