OK buddies am back as I promissed you . I inserted some links befor I write about this subject so you can all read and search about it .Befor I write I would like you all to know that am only gonna talk about my own personal experience in Canada , and I would like you NOT TO TAKE MY WORDS FOR A 100% GURENTEE .you can always do your own search and judgements .
I have been following the Canadian dental system since 1996 .
Till the year 2000 or 2001 the old Canadian board used to be different than after the year 2000 . The old canadian board was JUST KIND OF A BOARD EXAM It consisted of tow parts ( Theory + clinical),it was somthing similar to California Bench.They tell you about a whole bunch of books & refrences in order to prepare for it ,and you take the Board exam ..............if you passed you can practice .This stopped after 2000/2001 .
These days there are 3 ways to get licenced :
1)- Redo the whole 4 year D.D.S program ,and MOST Canadian dental schools ask for these prerequisits :
- Bachelor degree ( 3 or 4 years in any undergraduate study ) ,you need a high GPA above 3 or 3.5 .
-DAT with competitive scores .
- maybe there are others that I do not remember you can check them at each school website .
I tried this rout .I took the DAT and got competitive scores in ALL DAT sections except the reading comprehention section .I applied to 6 six Canadian dental schools .I was NOT invited even for one single poor interview & and I was rejected by ALL of them .
The Ironic thing is that in some of the rejection letters I got I had these comments :
- One schoole told me that they only gave me 6 % ( SIX OUT OF ONE HUNDRED) on my application .
- Guess what...the fynny thing is that 2 of those universities boosted my spirit and encoraged me to apply to any undergraduate program to obtain any bachelor degree and told me KINDLY (thanks GOD)that I would be welcomed to reapply after that.WAO ..............I am 30 years now +3 or 4 years for this under graduate thing +1 year for the process of applying+4 years for their DDS program[this is IF....IF..... they accepted me] so the total result = I will graduate when I am 39.After I finish this DDS I need at least let us say 5 more years to repay my loans and stand up on my feet the total will be 44yers old.
supposing that after that I will marry the first lady I am gonna meet in the street,and she will become pregnant from our first night together.....(this is if we assume that by that AGE I am still functioning and my battery is still working)+ + 2 more years till this chiled pronounces his first word..by that time I will be 47years old......
Guess what guys.............what do you think my baby's first word will be.............??????????????? GRANDPA???
Attention please.........: I tried to squeez my calculations to the maximum
2)- The second way is to take the Canadian Board and try to get in to AS program ,and ill tell you guys some hints about this lovely option :
-YOU MUST be a perminant residant of Canada . ( I am a Canadian citizen )
- you need at least 82 % in your board which is not that easy to get .
- Spots for the AS program are very limited ,about 50 to 60 spotes in about 3 to 5 schools in ALL arround Canada .
- it is very rare to get old papers ,coz they do not release them .
- The board consists of tow parts like (NDB-1 + NDB -2 ) done simultaniously .
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I personally did not try this option and did not try to do so,coz I have several friends (about 5 or 6 ) who tried it and could not make it to any AS program here .One of them got 80 % and after he gave up he took NDBE-1 and went to AS in USA . I did the same ,coz I found this route is like a loosing gambiling for me,or like entering a dark tunnel that has no clear end . I prefared to take my risck with NDB-1 ,and thanks GOD that I took the right move . Some times I feel that it was my destiny to be rejected by those six schools in order to be rewarded with UPENN .
3-) the third choice is some space availability( 2 or 3 spots) ,unfortunatly :
- it is offered ONLY in University of Montreal .
- Only in French .
- You need to take a French language test ,somthing similar to TOEFL .
- the lucky one accepted will get in to 2ed year of a 5 year D.D.S program .
I repeat it guys ,may be there are many things that I do not know about the Canadian Dental system regarding foriegn dentists ,but I personally feel that we are NOT welcomed here .
Again.............. you can always do your own search , contact & decision ....................... I gave it up here ..
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