The Australian Dental Council is the accreditation authority responsible for accrediting education providers and programs of study for the dental profession.
The ADC Accreditation Standards for general dentistry programs, dental specialty programs, and dental hygienist, dental therapist and oral health therapist programs transitioned on 1 July 2010 under section 253(3) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (National Law) as in force in each state and territory as approved accreditation standards.
The accreditation standards which transitioned can be found on the ADC’s website http://www.adc.org.au/adcmajoractivities.html
The Dental Board of Australia requested the ADC to develop an accreditation standard and an accreditation process for dental prosthetist programs of study. On 14 October 2011 the Dental Board of Australia, in accordance with section 47 of the National Law, approved the Accreditation Standards: Education Programs for Dental Prosthetists.
Approved Programs of Study
An online search will soon be available for dental approved programs of study.
In the interim, please refer to the list below:
Dental Approved Programs of Study (157 KB,PDF)
The following courses have been approved by the Board and are relevant for dental practitioners when considering development of their scope of practice.
Dental Approved Add on Programs of Study (56.9 KB,PDF)