About Our College

Alberta Dental Assistants are recognized leaders in regulation and governance, and support practices that establish universally-accepted standards of competence, professionalism, quality, and safety for the profession. The oral health of Albertans is deeply important to us—we maintain high standards so you can trust that you and your family are protected.

We protect the public by regulating the profession of dental assisting. We do this through our registration processes and monitoring continuing competence for dental assistants, so Albertans are assured of safe, competent and ethical oral health care.

We set standards to guide dental assistants’ practice, including our Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. Our Policies guide the work we do to regulate dental assisting.

We also investigate complaints made about dental assistants and carry out discipline processes set out in legislation.

Our Mission

Our mandate under the Health Professions Act is to ensure patients receive safe, competent and ethical oral health care by Registered Dental Assistants.

Our Vision

We are a trailblazing and trusted regulator.

Our Values

We commit to being:

Accountable [taking responsibility for the work we do]

We deliver an effective regulatory framework and answer to Albertans.

Ethical [acting with personal and professional integrity]

We do the right things for the right reasons.

Inclusive [honouring human diversity]

We embrace equality in the delivery of our mandate and encourage differing perspectives in decision-making.

Innovative [leading by learning]

We pursue opportunities to collaborate, grow, and improve our systems and processes.

Organization Structure and Regulatory Framework

The diagrams below show our regulatory structure and how our Council, committees and staff fit that structure.