Diana Warden - Dental Assistant Instructor and Clinical Coordinator
Diana is a Certified, Registered, and Expanded Functions Dental Assistant. Her educational experience allows her to treat patients by performing certain procedures for the dentist, just as a physicians' assistant performs certain procedures for the physician. Diana's education has been tested and approved by the American Dental Association and the Dental Assistants National Board. She has assisted in general dentistry for over twenty-five years. Her genuine care for the patient is one of her strong attributes.
Diana has been teaching the Dental Assistant Program at Franklin Technology Center at Missouri Southern State University since 2006, and she is also the Clinical Coordinator of the program.
Diana attended Missouri Southern State University and Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO. She received her teaching certificate from DESE. Diana became a certified dental assistant from DANB in 2000. She received her Expanded Functions in Prosthodontics and Direct Restorative from the American Dental Association in 2003. Diana received her certification to Monitor Internal Conscious Sedation from UMKC School of Dentistry in 2005, and she received her certification to monitor Nitrous Oxide Sedation from Steven Skoch D.D.S. at the Maxillofacial Surgery Center in Fayetville, AR in 2006. She received her Registered Dental Assistant Certification from American Medical Technologists in 2007. She receved her certification to monitor Internal Conscious Sedation from DOCS Education in Minneapolis, MN in 2011. She received her Expanded Functions in Orthodontics from the American Dental Association, and certification in Single Dose Sedation and Nitrous Oxide from DOCS Education in Dallas, TX in 2012. Her continuing education keeps her current on all phases of new technology in dentistry.