Dental positions in canada

[brill]

Hi every one,

I have applied as skilled worker and I am Dental surgeon and working currently as dental health care administrator.
My phase 1 for immigaration is near completion,
please share your experience about practicing dentistry in canada
I know for abroad BDS degrees we can get job as dental hygienist only,please confirm if this is true and we have to enroll for training to complete DDS.
What if during the training there are chances for getting dental hyginist jobs or jobs as dental health care administrator.


pleae shre yoyr experience with chances of getting jobs + salary scale on basis of current ground relaities
especially dentists around
Pleae help me.....

 

[ei8ht]

For an overseas dentist things are quite tough here as i see. you will have to get canadian qualifications to pursue your career and that is pretty much a hard call. i am seeing dentists dong all sorts of jobs here.

 

[Karlshammar]

Not necessarily. If you have dental education from a respectable country and school it is possible to do it the same way as a Canadian.

For an overseas dentist things are quite tough here as i see. you will have to get canadian qualifications to pursue your career and that is pretty much a hard call. i am seeing dentists dong all sorts of jobs here.

 

[starzibal]

Not necessarily. If you have dental education from a respectable country and school it is possible to do it the same way as a Canadian.

I am not sure about what respectable country you are talking about but Canadian medical and specially dentistry is very hard to get in if you are foreign qualified. My nephew from (pak) wrote two or three test here which were qualifying test just to get in an admission in 2 yr study and he could not make it. He said, there are very limited seats for foreign dentist. He sees people around 30-45 yr old have had written exams few times, no success. Once you pass that qualifying exam, you then have to study for two yrs successfully to become Canadian dentist but wait its not over yet even after you pass 2 yr study you still cant start practice. You have to write another exam to get the province license. Now are you complete Dentist and open up a clinic then you can make money like a printing press prints papers

for my nephew: he said, its easier to become dentist in USA, most of his friends went to USA (as you they have lot more university there) but problem is the money. no bank will finance you for USA. only Scotia bank finance but only if you study in Canada. its around $50k for 1 yr. so he lost the battle and went back home for good. working full time in hosp. and part time clinic.

i don't know what is the situation now as i heard govt made some changes for foreign qualified immigrants.

 

[Karlshammar]

From what I read on the dental college's website in Ontario you can sit straight for the exam if your education is determined to be equivalent to a Canadian one.

 

[starzibal]

From what I read on the dental college's website in Ontario you can sit straight for the exam if your education is determined to be equivalent to a Canadian one.

sitting in exam is one thing and passing for 2 yr study is another, as i said, there are very limited seats.

 

[cmorris2104]

Hi,

My wife and I are looking to emigrate to Canada.

My wife is a UK qualified Dentist with 10 years experience, we have read the process that she will need to follow from the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, to transfer her qualifications to a Canadian DDS qualification under (3113), but are stuck with regards to the visa process around this.

The exams start February 2011 and are spread out over the year, finishing in November.

Obviously we are acutely aware of the time that a Visa takes to be approved, up to 2 years in some cases and are keen to get this in as soon as possible, so I suppose the question is if we can apply for the visa now with the understanding that it wouldn’t get approved before she has passed the necessary exams, or would she have to wait until those have been completed first?

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi,

My wife and I are looking to emigrate to Canada.

My wife is a UK qualified Dentist with 10 years experience, we have read the process that she will need to follow from the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, to transfer her qualifications to a Canadian DDS qualification under (3113), but are stuck with regards to the visa process around this.

The exams start February 2011 and are spread out over the year, finishing in November.

Obviously we are acutely aware of the time that a Visa takes to be approved, up to 2 years in some cases and are keen to get this in as soon as possible, so I suppose the question is if we can apply for the visa now with the understanding that it wouldn't get approved before she has passed the necessary exams, or would she have to wait until those have been completed first?

You know that Dentist is not on the list of "38"? http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2008/2008-11-28a.asp So you wife doesn't qualify as a skilled worker unless she has worked in Canada for 1 year or has an Approved Employment Option. Unless you qualify and she is accompanying as a dependent.

PMM

 

[Ash Zee]

sitting in exam is one thing and passing for 2 yr study is another, as i said, there are very limited seats.

Hello Sir,
I read your post....i'm new to this site and joined to gain latest information regarding the pocedure to go through for a foreign trained dentist...i heard u...i know its a tough call...but still motivated to give it a try...i'm an immigrant in Canada...BDS dentist from Pakistan of batch 2007...yes i know its been quite a while but now really want to focus on my career....please guide me with the first step...the fundamental knowledge test is the first step or NDBE exam? will be really grateful to you