Program details
The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry offers a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree to students in the
International Dentists Degree Program.
Expected Duration: 2 years
The International Dentist Degree Program offers a pathway to practice in Canada for graduates of international dental programs that are not accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada.
After a summer orientation, students enter the 3rd year of the DMD program.
Upon satisfactory completion of the 3rd and 4th years of the dental program, IDDP participants will be awarded the Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree.
Graduates of DMD programs in Canada, once having passed the National Dental Examining Board of Canada (NDEB) examinations, are eligible for licensure/registration as a dentist in all provinces in Canada.
Sample course offerings
- DDSS 3102: Periodontology 3 (3 credit hours)
- DDSS 3112: Oral Diagnosis and Radiology 1 (2 credit hours)
- DDSS 3120: Pain and Anxiety Control 2 (1 credit hour)
- DDSS 3162: Pharmacology and Therapeutics (3 credit hours)
- DENT 3210: Dental Practice Management 3 (1 credit hour)
- PDSD 3404: Dental Public Health 2 (3 credit hours)
- DDSS 4150: Hospital Dentistry (1 credit hour)
- DENT 4202: Interdisciplinary Patient Centred Care Case Studies (2 credit hours)
- PDSD 4412: Pediatric Dentistry 3 (2 credit hours)
- PDSD 4422: Community Dentistry Externship (4 credit hours)
For full course descriptions, please visit the Academic Calendar.
