Apr 30, 2026  
YTI Catalog 2025-2026 
    
YTI Catalog 2025-2026

Expanded Function Dental Assistant

Location(s): YTI Career Institute - York


YTI Career Institute - York offers a five-month diploma program in Expanded Function Dental Assistant. The Expanded Function Dental Assistant program focuses on placing dental restorations, matrices, rubber dams, and sealants. Students will understand the basic concept of contouring dental anatomy and proper occlusal relationships.

Total Quarter Credits: 9


The EFDA program is offered in a Hybrid instruction delivery format, with didactic instruction occurring online, and hands-on labs occurring on campus. Online instruction is primarily asynchronous, with assignments and homework accessible 24 hours a day/seven days per week through the Learning Management System (LMS). Labs are scheduled every other week. Students will need to reserve approximately 12 hours per week for educational activities and study

”*” indicates a hybrid course and “**” indicates course is fully on-ground.

Length of Program: Five (5) months, consisting of two (2) ten-week quarters.

Maximum class section size in this program is five (5) students.

Students attend labs either on Wednesday AND Thursday evenings or Fridays or Saturdays (days).

The Expanded Function Dental Assistant program at YTI Career Institute- York is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry.

The Expanded Function Dental Assistant program is included in the grant of Accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of Colleges and Career Schools (ACCSC) but is not approved for federal Title IV financial aid.

Financial Information YTI Career Institute-York


Tuition Schedules as of June 1, 2023:

York Program Quarters in Program Tuition Per Quarter Total Tuition for Program
Expanded Functional Dental Assistant (EFDA) 2 $1,600 $3,200
York Program Lab/Externship Fee per term Total Lab/Externship Fes
Expanded Functional Dental Assistant (EFDA) $10 $20
York Program Materials Fee 1 Materials Fee 2 Materials Fee 3
Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) $570 n/a n/a

York Maximum Program Completion Time


Program Normal Credit Maximum Attempted Credits Normal Terms Maximum Terms
Expanded Functional Dental Assistant (EFDA) 9 13.5 2 3

Academic Calendar/Schedule


YTI begins new classes in Winter, Spring, Summer I, Summer II, and Fall of each year. YTI observes the following holidays:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Day after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas

YTI Break Schedule


Martin Luther King Day: January 20, 2025
Memorial Day:  May 26, 2025
Independence Day:  July 4, 2025
Summer Break:  June 28, 2025 - July 6, 2025
Labor Day:  September 1, 2025
Thanksgiving:  November 27-28, 2025
Holiday Break:  December 20, 2025 - December 28, 2025
Martin Luther King Day:  January 19, 2026
Memorial Day:  May 25, 2026
Independence Day:  July 4, 2026
Summer Break:  June 27, 2026 –July 5, 2026