Australia
Australian dentistry is overseen by the Australian Dental Council and the Dental Board of Australia 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 (as of July 2010) you must obtain registration and licensing from the nationalized Dental Board of Australia. Generally, the only persons immediately entitled to apply to be registered as dentists are persons holding the qualifications of DDS, BDS, BDSc, BDent, BDentSc, DMD, MDent, or GradDipDent from an accredited Australian and New Zealand university. 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 Queensland, Adelaide, Western Australia, Griffith, James Cook, Central Sturt and LaTrobe 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 has a 4-year graduate entry dental program starting in 2011. The qualifications awarded by these schools satisfy the formal academic requirements for registration.
Admissions to an undergraduate dental school in Australia is often known as the most difficult admissions among other countries. Only 1% of all qualified applicants yearly pass the Australia's dental school admissions and get entry into dentistry programs.
- Australian dental schools
- University of Adelaide
- University of Melbourne
- University of Queensland
- University of Sydney
- University of Western Australia
- Latrobe University
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Charles Sturt University
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