Job requirements Dentist in Canada

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

• Dentists
• Two to four years of pre-dentistry university studies or, in Quebec, completion of a college program in sciences and a university degree from a recognized dental program are required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial regulatory body is required.
• Dentists in general practice can move into a specialized practice through advanced training.
• Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
• Four to seven years of specialty residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery are required.
• Orthodontists
• Three years advanced orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics program accredited by the Canadian Dental Association is required.
• Prosthodontists
• Three years advanced prosthodontics program accredited by the Canadian Dental Association is required.

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Professional certification and licensing