Job requirements Preventive Dental Assistant in Canada

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

• Dental assistants require completion of an eight-month to one-year college or other program in dental assistance or completion of secondary school with on-the-job training.
• Registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces except Quebec and Ontario.
• Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examination Board is required to perform intra-oral duties in all provinces except in Quebec, where intra-oral duties are not performed by dental assistants.
• Dental laboratory assistants usually require secondary school and up to two years of on-the-job training.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing