Overseas Qualified Practitioners

In Registration:

Dental Practitioners with overseas qualifications who wish to apply for registration with the Dental Board of Australia should refer to the following material. 

General Registration

In limited circumstances overseas qualified practitioners may be eligible to apply directly for general registration with the Dental Board of Australia (the Dental Board). The following documents provide information about which overseas qualified dental practitioners may apply for general registration:

Limited Registration

A dental practitioner who is not qualified for general registration may be eligible to apply for limited registration. The following documents provide information about limited registration for overseas qualified dental practitioners:

Pathways for Limited Registration for Postgraduate Training or Supervised Practice

There are two different purposes of this type of limited registration:

  1. Supervised practice – which for dental practitioners is practising only under supervision and either:
    • in an employment relationship with an appropriate public sector program (more information about this is available in the Dentists section), or
    • enrolment in one or more of the following for the purpose of gaining registration in Australia:
      • an Australian Dental Council (ADC) clinical examination
      • a clinical training or assessment program in preparation for an ADC clinical examination, or
      •  another examination required by the Board for registration under section 53(c) of the National Law.

    An application form is available in the Forms section.

  2. Postgraduate training – enrolment in an approved postgraduate program of study (more information about Approved Programs of Study can be found under the Accreditation section).

Pathways for Limited Registration for Teaching or Research

Overseas qualified practitioners wishing to fill a teaching or research position can apply for this type of limited registration.
An application form is available in the Forms section.

More information about general and limited registration for overseas qualified practitioners can be found under the relevant Register entry below:  

Register of Dental Practitioners

 

Specialists Register