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This advanced training course is suitable for dental assistants who enjoy working directly with patients in a prevention-oriented manner. After completing the advanced training to become a dental prophylaxis assistant, the ZMP has the ability to organize and carry out comprehensive individual prophylaxis at all ages, including the following of professional teeth cleaning.
Seminars on psychology and communication impart knowledge on conversational skills, rhetoric, motivation techniques and anxiety management, thus enabling them to respond to different situations with patients in a very individual way. The advanced training is very practically oriented. Here, the participants train their skills very intensively, first on dental simulation units and later directly on patients under dental supervision.
Important note: The admission requirements for the advanced training to become a dental prophylaxis assistant have been modified. From now on, dental hygienists and dental assistants only have to provide evidence of one year of relevant professional activity before starting the advanced training.
Date August 2024 until March 2025
Course AFB-ZMP 2402
Course times Wed. or Fri., 14:00 – approx. 20:00 hrs and Sat., 09:00 – approx. 17:30 hrs
Course fee 4.995,- € * (including all scripts), application processing fee incl. Entrance examination 45,- €
Application deadline 4 weeks before the start of the course
Date 2025
Course AFB-ZMP 2501
Course times Wed. or Fri., 14:00 – approx. 20:00 hrs and Sat., 09:00 – approx. 17:30 hrs
Course fee 4.995,- € * (including all scripts), application processing fee incl. Entrance examination 45,- €
Application deadline 4 weeks before the start of the course
* Examination fee: When registering for the final examination, fees are charged in accordance with the applicable scale of fees of the relevant dental association.
Admission requirements
- Completed vocational training as a dental technician/ dental hygienist
- Proof of at least 1 year’s professional activity as a dental hygienist or dental assistant.
- Proof of knowledge according to the X-ray Ordinance in the currently valid version
- Proof of participation in a first aid training (EH course) (9 h, not older than two years at the time of the final examination) You need a first aid course? Look here: First aid course
- Successfully completed entrance examination
Application documents
- Photocopy of the ZFA/ZAH examination certificate
- Proof of at least 1 year’s professional activity as a dental hygienist or dental assistant.
- Curriculum vitae in tabular form with passport photograph
- Proof of knowledge according to the X-ray Ordinance in the currently valid version
- Proof of participation in a first aid training (EH course) (9 h, not older than one year)
- Proof of an occupational health examination (G42) (not older than two years)
Entrance examination
As part of the admission process, you will take a proficiency test. As soon as you have sent us your application documents, you can register independently for the proficiency test. Link:
Upgrading BAföG
The upgrading training courses at the Philipp Pfaff Institute can be funded via the Upgrading Training Assistance Act (Aufstiegs-BAföG).
The funding of upgrading training courses under the Upgrading Training Assistance Act (AFBG), the so-called “Aufstiegs-BAföG”, has recently required the provider of the measure to apply a quality assurance system.
This criterion is fully met with the ISO certification of the Philipp Pfaff Institute, so that all eligible course participants have the opportunity to apply for Aufstiegs-BAföG for upgrading training at the Philipp Pfaff Institute.
You can find more information on the Aufstiegs-BAföG at https://www.aufstiegs-bafoeg.de.
