Foreign-trained dentists frustrated by registration backlog
Foreign-trained dentists frustrated by registration backlog
By Vrunda Bhatt
New Canadian Media
Internationally trained dentists say they have to wait too long to be approved to practice their profession in Canada.
They say the certification process is costly and requires multiple examinations that take years to complete.
“The treatment by the National Dental Examining Board of Canada is very unfair both to immigrant dentists, who are eager and ready to work and to the public,” said Dr. Luca Salvador, President of the Internationally Trained Dentists Association of Canada, which was founded in March 2021.
According to the Canadian Occupational Projection System, there will be a shortage of about 5,000 dentists in Canada by 2028.
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