Dentistry throughout the world is practiced differently, and training in dentistry varies as well.
Dentistry in Australia
Australian dentistry is overseen by the Australian Dental Council and state Dental Boards, while specialization is overseen by the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. The professional body for dentists is the Australian Dental Association. Dentists trained in Australia must meet the entry requirements of one of the Australian institutions offering dental courses, and then complete the required full-time academic training leading to a dental degree. If dentists wish to specialize, they must complete extra study after having had clinical experience.
In order to practice dentistry in Australia, you must be registered in the particular State in which you intend to practice. Registration requirements vary from State to State. Generally, the only persons immediately entitled to apply to be registered as dentists are persons holding the qualifications of DDS, BDS, BDSc, or BDent from the Australian and New Zealand universities. Usually registration will not be granted to a foreign graduate until he or she has passed the ADC examinations and/or completed a 2-year advance standing program in order to obtain a locally accredited dental qualification
The Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Queensland, Western Australia, LaTrobe, and Griffith University all offer undergraduate dental degree courses of 5 years in length. Sydney University offers a graduate entry program which is 4-years duration and requires a previous bachelors degree for admission (Melbourne University also will be transitioning to a 4-year graduate entry dental program by 2010). Charles Sturt University and James Cook University dental schools will commence in 2009. The qualifications awarded by these schools satisfy the formal academic requirements for registration of all Australian Dental Boards.
Australian dental schools
- University of Adelaide
- Griffith University
- University of Melbourne
- University of Sydney
- University of Queensland
- University of Western Australia
- Latrobe University
- Charles Sturt University
- James Cook University
Dentistry in New Zealand
New Zealand dentistry is overseen by the New Zealand Dental Association, while specialization is also overseen by the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.
University of Otago is New Zealand's only dental school that offers the required academic training. Entry into New Zealand's only dental school requires the student to compete into the second year dentistry course via the Health Sciences First Year course. Once in the course, students will start their dental education in their second year of University study. The total time to complete the course, including the first year competitive course, is 5 years of full-time academic study.
Dentistry in Canada
Main article: Dentistry in CanadaThe practice of dentistry in Canada is overseen by the National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB), while specialization is overseen by the Royal College of Dentists. Today, Canada has about 16,000 dentists. Canadian dentistry is not publicly run (see Medicare (Canada)); however, some provinces provide for free dental care for children and the elderly. Other Canadians are mostly covered by workplace dental plans, but many have to pay out-of-pocket.
For most of the early colonial period dentistry was a rare and unusual practice in Canada. In severe situations, barbers or blacksmiths would pull a tooth, but for many years Canada lagged behind European advances. The first dentists in Canada were United Empire Loyalists who fled the American Revolution. The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who advertised in a Halifax newspaper in 1814.
During the first half of the 19th century, dentistry expanded rapidly. In 1867 the Ontario Dental Association was formed and in 1868 they founded Canada's first dental school in Toronto, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. The University of Toronto agreed to be affiliated with the dental school. As time passed, other Canadian universities also created dentistry programmes. However, the University of Toronto still has the largest dental school in Canada that features the most postgraduate research opportunities as well as certifications for all the dental specialties. The UBC Faculty of Dentistry supports two specialty programs being Periodontics and Oral medicine/Pathology.
Dental care is not covered by the Canadian health care system, as it is in many other countries with public health care.
Canadian dental schools
- University of Toronto (1868)
- McGill University (1905)
- Université de Montréal (1905)
- Dalhousie University (1908)
- University of Alberta (1923)
- University of Manitoba (1958)
- University of British Columbia (1964)
- University of Western Ontario (1966)
- University of Saskatchewan (1968)
- Université Laval (1971)
Dentistry in Chile
In Chile dentists require six years of post secondary education. The first dental school was established at the Universidad de Concepción in the year 1919. Other institutions providing professional dental education in Chile are Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad de Talca, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Universidad Mayor, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad San Sebastián and Universidad de Antofagasta
Dentistry in Costa Rica
Dentistry is overseen by the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica. Dentists complete 6 year courses from the University of Costa Rica in D.D.S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery), or similar courses from various private universities. Costa Rica is often cited as being one of the top ten countries in the world for medical tourism, including dentistry.
Dentistry in Egypt
Dentistry is taught in governmental dental schools in Egypt : 1/ school of oral & dental medicine , cairo university 2/school of dentistry , Ainshams university 3/school of dentistry , suez canal university 4/school of dentistry , Alexandria university 5/school of dentistry , Mansoura university 6/school of dentistry , Tanta university 7/school of dentistry , Alminia university 8/school of dentistry , Al-azhr university. In addition to governmental dental schools , there are some private schools with better facilities in education but less accepted by the society . There is a syndicate for all dentists which regulate the work in dental clinics in association with ministry of health. For any dentist to practise , he should be enrolled in the dental syndicate . The dentist should complete 5 years study course plus year for practice in his dental school or general hospitals in the country . Most governmental dental schools give degrees of bacheolar , master degree & PhD in all dental fields.
Dentistry in Hong Kong
To become a dentist in Hong Kong, one must complete the 5-year B.D.S. course in The University of Hong Kong. Students learn basic health sciences, dental sciences under a Problem-based learning curriculum. Besides, formal training and supervised practice are prescribed. It is accepted that only after 5 years of such training would the trainees achieve a superior level of professional competence.
Graduates can enter general practice or pursue a specialist M.D.S. degree after gaining one to two years of working experience.
Before the dental school was established in the University of Hong Kong(in 1980), most of the practicing dentists obtained their dental degree from the Philippines.
Dentistry in India
Modern Indian dentists must earn the Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree (B.D.S.), which requires five years of study. This degree is overseen by the Dental Council of India In most states, one can get admission to 15% (a predecided fraction)of seats in the Govt Colleges after passing a test conducted by an All India authority, CBSE(Central Board for Seconary Education),the rest of the seats are filled up by the respective state's competent authority.Some autonomous universities conduct their own entrance tests. Post graduate courses (Master of Dental Surgery. MDS is available in different specialties and admission is granted after passing an entrance test. It requires 3 years of study after BDS.
The Master of Dental Surgery is available in the following specialities - Orthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Pathology, Oral medicine and Radiology, Community Dentistry. Although many institutions are offering other short or long courses in Dental Implantology and Esthetic Dentistry, These are yet to be regularised by the Council.
Besides Certificate courses are also offered in Dental Mechanics and Dental Hygiene. These are two year certificate courses. Dental Mechanics offers knowledge about Prosthodontic appliances to be fabricated in a dental laboratory while a Dental Hygienist deals with clinical part, viz scaling, polishing, et al.
The First Dental College of India was established in Calcutta presently Kolkata in the year 1924. It was then called Calcutta Dental College and Hospital and was construc
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