The National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB) is a Canadian organization responsible to valid and reliable evaluation a national standard of competence of dentist in this country. Regardless of your education or experience, dentistry is a regulated profession and require license to work as a dentist in Canada. There are different ways to become a licensed dentist; it will depend where you obtain your dental degree. International graduates to dentistry and dental practice are classified as Graduates of non-accredited dental programs is not recognized by Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada, except when the international graduates comes from USA, Australia , New Zealand and Ireland (NDEB, n.d).
According to the National Dental …show more content…
The application fee is $950. After that, the NDEB Equivalency Process includes three assessments:
• Assessment of Fundamental Knowledge / $800 …show more content…
NDEB certification approved does not mean that candidate has license to start to work.
Apply for provincial licensure
The candidate have to apply to the dental regulator authorities (DRAs) according to the province that candidate wants to work. Each dental regulatory authority has their own rules and may require extra documentation or exams (NDEB, n.d). In British Columbia, the Dental Regulatory Authority is the College of Dental Surgeons where all dentists must to register in order to practise in this province. According to College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia (n.d), there are 12 classes of registration: full registration, certified specialist, restricted to specialty, academic, limited (Armed Services or Government) , limited (Education) ,limited (Post-graduate) ,limited (Research), limited (Student), limited (Volunteer), Non-Practising and Temporary. Full registration is the category for general dentist/practitioner. Two requirements are necessary to general registration: a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program, and complete the National Dental Examining Board written and clinical exams successfully (CDSBC,
According to the National Dental …show more content…
The application fee is $950. After that, the NDEB Equivalency Process includes three assessments:
• Assessment of Fundamental Knowledge / $800 …show more content…
NDEB certification approved does not mean that candidate has license to start to work.
Apply for provincial licensure
The candidate have to apply to the dental regulator authorities (DRAs) according to the province that candidate wants to work. Each dental regulatory authority has their own rules and may require extra documentation or exams (NDEB, n.d). In British Columbia, the Dental Regulatory Authority is the College of Dental Surgeons where all dentists must to register in order to practise in this province. According to College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia (n.d), there are 12 classes of registration: full registration, certified specialist, restricted to specialty, academic, limited (Armed Services or Government) , limited (Education) ,limited (Post-graduate) ,limited (Research), limited (Student), limited (Volunteer), Non-Practising and Temporary. Full registration is the category for general dentist/practitioner. Two requirements are necessary to general registration: a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program, and complete the National Dental Examining Board written and clinical exams successfully (CDSBC,