Dentist Registration Requirements and Forms
There are 12 classes of registration for dentists. You can click on the class category below for a description of the category, general registration requirements, registration conditions (if any), and application registration package.
NOTE: As part of the application process, applicants will have to undergo a Criminal Record Check (CRC) process conducted by the Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General. CDSBC will send your CRC to the Ministry on your behalf for processing after you submit your initial payment and your notarized copy of your government issued photo ID.
If you would like to check on the status of your Criminal Record Check, please contact the Ministry at 1-855-587-0185 (press option 2). You can also find more information on the Ministry's website here.
The Ministry is currently taking four weeks to process CRC submissions. For those who are or have been registered with another regulatory body, please contact CDSBC registration department at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing for requesting your Certificate/Letter of Standing. This will ensure your Certificate of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
Category description
This registration category is for dentists who will be practising as a general dentist/practitioner.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program
- successful completion of the
National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) written and clinical examinations (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
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IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who hold Full Registration (see above), and who are now eligible for certification as a certified specialist as they have met the general registration requirements (see below).
General registration requirements
- meet Full Registration eligibility requirements; PLUS
- a degree or equivalent qualification in a recognized specialty from an accredited specialty program or equivalent specialty program; and
- successful completion of the
National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE) (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Recognized specialties in B.C.
- Dental Public Health
- Endodontics
- Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Medicine
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Oral Pathology
- Oral Medicine and Pathology
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Periodontics
- Prosthodontics
For more information visit
Definitions of Dental Specialties
Registration conditions
Application package
Certified Specialist
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who do not qualify for Certified Specialist Registration because they do not hold full registration with CDSBC. A "Restricted to Specialty" registrant's practice is restricted to their area of specialty.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification in a recognized specialty from an accredited specialty program or equivalent specialty program;
- successful completion of the
National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE) (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
- may only perform restricted activities included in the scope of practise for applicable specialty
Application package
Restricted to Specialty
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who are employed full-time by the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Faculty of Dentistry, or another approved post-secondary educational institution, as a full, associate or assistant professor.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification in dentistry from an accredited post-secondary educational institution;
- must hold, or have been appointed to hold, a full-time position as a full professor, associate professor, or assistant professor of dentistry at UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry, or as a faculty of another post-secondary educational institution approved by the Registration Committee.
Registration conditions
- may only practise dentistry during the term appointed to a position in a setting operated by, or affiliated with, UBC or other approved post-secondary educational institution
- may only practise dentistry for the purposes described above and must not practise dentistry in any other context or on a fee-for-service basis.
- only valid while employed by UBC or other approved post-secondary institution. Registration ceases upon termination of the position
Application package
Academic Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This category is available to dentists who are applying solely to practise dentistry while employed by the Canadian Armed Services or the Government of Canada.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program;
- a
National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) certificate (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met); or
- valid and non-restricted registration or licensure (equivalent to full registration) in another Canadian jurisdiction.
Registration conditions
- does not include prescribing rights.
- only valid while employed by the Canadian Armed Services or the Government of Canada
Application package
Limited (Armed Services or Government) Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists engaged in a clinical presentation, study club, or dental teaching program at, or under the sponsorship of, the UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry or another organization approved by the College’s Registration Committee. This includes the supervision of students, presenting, conducting or engaging in a clinical or didactic presentation, study club, research program, or dental teaching program.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from a listed (accredited) general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program;
- a
National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) certificate (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
- may only practise dentistry for the purposes described above and must not practise dentistry in any other context or on a fee-for-service basis.
- does not include prescribing rights, though they may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
Application package
Limited (Education) Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is available to dentists solely for the purpose of taking or engaging in a course, clinic placement, research program, internship, or residency offered at the post-graduate level by or under the sponsorship of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia (UBC), or another post-secondary institution, hospital, or other institution approved by the Registration Committee.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification in dentistry from a post-secondary educational institution;
Registration conditions
- may only practise dentistry for the purposes described above and must not practise dentistry in any other context or on a fee-for-service basis.
- may only perform a restricted activity if the registrant is authorized by an educational institution, hospital, or other institution approved by the Registration Committee to provide services of dentistry that include the performance of the restricted activity.
- does not include prescribing rights, though they may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
Application package
Limited (Post-grad) Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who are conducting or engaging in a research program at or under the sponsorship of UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry, or a group or organization approved by the Registration Committee.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from a listed (accredited) general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program;
- a National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) certificate (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
- may only practise dentistry for the purposes described above and must not practise dentistry in any other context or on a fee-for-service basis.
- does not include prescribing rights.
Application package
Limited (Research) Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is available to dental students who are enrolled as undergraduates in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) or another post-secondary educational institution approved by the Registration Committee, and are participating in a dental student’s practitioners program also approved by the Registration Committee.
General registration requirements
- successful completion of or have received credit for the first three years of the undergraduate program of the Faculty of Dentistry at UBC or the equivalent portion of another program as indicated above.
Registration conditions
- this registration category is available for a period not exceeding four months
- may only perform a restricted activity in a dental office or other clinical setting under the direct supervision of a dentist.
Application package
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who are providing dentistry strictly as a volunteer and are not practising fee-for-service dentistry (i.e., they are not receiving any financial compensation for volunteering services, other than reimbursement for expenses).
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program;
- a
National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) certificate (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
- does not include prescribing rights though they may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
Application package
Limited (Volunteer) Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is for dentists who hold, or are eligible to hold, Full Registration or Restricted to Specialty Registration. Non-practising registrants must not practise dentistry, provide any service of dentistry, or delegate, authorize or supervise the provision of any service of dentistry by another person.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification from an accredited general dentistry program or equivalent general dentistry program;
- a
National Dental Examining Board (NDEB) certificate (if completed more than three years before the date of application, and you are not currently registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction, CDSBC's Quality Assurance requirements must be met)
Registration conditions
- Must not practise dentistry
Application package
Non-Practising Registration
IMPORTANT: If you have ever been or are currently registered/licensed in another province or country, please contact that provincial or national regulatory body to request a Certificate of Standing or Letter of Standing for your CDSBC application. The Certificate must be delivered directly to CDBSC from the licensing/regulating body in a sealed envelope.
The Certificate is valid for up to 30 days from the date that it was signed. If applicant does not have their registration/certification process completed within the 30 days, a new Certificate will be required. Before requesting your Certificate or Letter of Standing, please contact our office at registration@cdsbc.org to determine the appropriate timing of this request. This is to ensure your Certificate or Letter of Standing is dated within our 30-day policy.
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Category description
This registration category is available to dentists for the purpose of taking or presenting a dental course that involves direct contact with patients, conducting or engaging in a clinical presentation or study club involving direct contact with patients at or under the sponsorship of UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry, another post-secondary educational institution, or a dental or other group or organization approved by the Registration Committee.
General registration requirements
- a degree or equivalent qualification in dentistry from a post-secondary educational institution;
Registration conditions
- may be granted for a period not exceeding 14 days and may be granted again to a previous temporary registrant
- may only practise dentistry for the purpose described above and must not practise dentistry on a fee-for-service basis.
Application package
Temporary registration
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