Many dental assistant schools in Colorado are offering 10 to 13-week training programs to cope with the growing demand for these healthcare professionals. Accelerated dental assistant programs appears to be the trend and for people on the lookout to gain entry level skills in high paying jobs sooner, this is very welcome. The American School of Dental Assisting has several campuses in Colorado and Wyoming where you can be trained in 11 weeks to become a competent dental assistant. The big advantage enrolling in any of these dental schools in Colorado is the small class sizes that enables teachers to give more attention to the students. ASDA, with its campuses in Denver, Fort Collins and Loveland, also helps graduates with job placements by way of a letter of recommendation and outlining the kind of training actually received by the student. These, plus the dedicated mentoring and intensive clinical training given during the 11 week program is more than enough to convince dental offices to hire their graduates.