No, you don't need a license to work as an assistant, receptionist, coordinator but do get your credentials evaluated from WES and get a harp ceritificate. Trust me, only by having a harp certificate, you can easily get an asssistant job which will pay you more than 23$ per hour. I am not an expert at this but I did all this for my wife so I know.Wolverine17 said:
Options for dentists before license
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You need to complete the dental hygienist college program before you can be licensed to work as one. You can't work as a dental hygienist with your dentist qualification.Wolverine17 said:
Boys can't even work as volunteer in dental office here, it's very hard unless you know the dentist. All dentists prefer girls as assistant, at reception or other office work. Dentistry is kind of service business here, not a humanitarian cause helping people out of goodwill. It does happen but dentist mainly make money from recall fillings and cleanings.
They first want you to learn the chair side mannerism and customer service aspect of dentistry. Your best bet is if you have some family friend working as dentist here. Once you work in clinic for 4-5 month and learned stuff, then you can easily get Assistant job paying around $16-$18.
They first want you to learn the chair side mannerism and customer service aspect of dentistry. Your best bet is if you have some family friend working as dentist here. Once you work in clinic for 4-5 month and learned stuff, then you can easily get Assistant job paying around $16-$18.
I know that but i have heard that there is a condensed 6 month qualification course but am not ablescylla said:
To find it
Well am asking because it will take at least few years before obtaining the dental license and want to know what are our chances of getting a well paid job that is dental related,dental hygienist will be nice of course since will be able to do some dental workSecularFirst said:
You can do any job before getting license, drive a cab, security, trucking, retail jobs etc. Getting assistant job for boys is super tough though not impossible if you know some dentist who has clinic. Dentistry is far different here then in india or other countries. No dentist would want someone who doesn't know how things work to come close to patients and make them uncomfortable. Most of them prefer girls to work as assistant and front desk receptionist. May be patients feel more comfortable and secure with girls working around.
Be prepared to do survival jobs first. Make sure you have access to around $40k if you want to challenge ndeb for license. It doesn't include living expenses. Many of my friends did it and they are close to 50k in debt now. If you start with less funding you would eventually lose it and won't reach anywhere. Getting into Dentistry is more about being well funded than being well educated or sharp minded. Jobs for ndeb licensed dentists are difficult to get if not rare. They got paid less in the start compared to dds graduates. They have to learn many aspects in clinic for atleast 2 years to fully understand how Dentistry is being delivered.
I was doing survival jobs for one and half years but now I got acceptance in DDS. Volunteered as Dental assistant for one year unpaid. Know almost all aspects of clinic but still no one was ready to hire me as assistant. Few desi dentists agreed but they pay shit so you would be better off doing some other jobs.
Have a set plan, access to funds and be ready to work, study, volunteer and improving your conversational English to be successful. Doing 10-12 tasks over and over again for clinical exam will give you license but won't makes you a successful dentist. It requires patience, hard work, ready to accept criticism and always be humble to fellow dentists and patients. It's service industry so patient's say is always held supreme. Reputation once tarnished would eventually destroy career.
Start with volunteering and learn from there. Most of all , must not do the common mistake Indians do, they feel being entitled to something here being a dentist back home. Believe me, most of our Indian curriculum doesn't even teach how to make acceptable class II amalgam. They don't even tell the proper burs to use for different preps. So Must avoid this . Be humble and be ready to learn and help.
Good luck.
Be prepared to do survival jobs first. Make sure you have access to around $40k if you want to challenge ndeb for license. It doesn't include living expenses. Many of my friends did it and they are close to 50k in debt now. If you start with less funding you would eventually lose it and won't reach anywhere. Getting into Dentistry is more about being well funded than being well educated or sharp minded. Jobs for ndeb licensed dentists are difficult to get if not rare. They got paid less in the start compared to dds graduates. They have to learn many aspects in clinic for atleast 2 years to fully understand how Dentistry is being delivered.
I was doing survival jobs for one and half years but now I got acceptance in DDS. Volunteered as Dental assistant for one year unpaid. Know almost all aspects of clinic but still no one was ready to hire me as assistant. Few desi dentists agreed but they pay shit so you would be better off doing some other jobs.
Have a set plan, access to funds and be ready to work, study, volunteer and improving your conversational English to be successful. Doing 10-12 tasks over and over again for clinical exam will give you license but won't makes you a successful dentist. It requires patience, hard work, ready to accept criticism and always be humble to fellow dentists and patients. It's service industry so patient's say is always held supreme. Reputation once tarnished would eventually destroy career.
Start with volunteering and learn from there. Most of all , must not do the common mistake Indians do, they feel being entitled to something here being a dentist back home. Believe me, most of our Indian curriculum doesn't even teach how to make acceptable class II amalgam. They don't even tell the proper burs to use for different preps. So Must avoid this . Be humble and be ready to learn and help.
Good luck.
Thanks for your feedback,well am looking for something that is dental related a dental hygienst will be great if possible,may i ask when did you take your efk and how did you manage to get into a dds program?thanksSecularFirst said:
I didn't take afk, I wasn't PR to get into Canadian dds . I am going to US. You can't work as hygienist before acquiring hygienist license first. For that Matter you can't even work as plumber before acquiring plumbing certificate, so just to give you an idea. Start volunteering, know how clinic work here, then may be some desi dentist would hire you as assistant. They are not allowed by law to hire anyone as Dental assistant without assistant certification, but few dentists do hire them as treatment coordinator and make them do assistant stuff . The royal college don't allow such practice. So get here, spend some time around and then see. If you are aiming for ndeb, I would suggest start studying for afk and take some coaching for clinical exam while in india. It's way cheaper to get such training in india if you could find the right clinician.
Well am not from india and am currently working in the gulf,been working for sometime now and i hope that i can find something that is dental related while preparing for the exams and international student program if i ever get pr.SecularFirst said:
I think we can also work as a dental assistant... but for that, first we have to clear their licensing exams and then apply for registration....please do the research properly... it's in the official website of NDEAB.