Dental Specialties Assessment and Training Program

The Dental Specialty Assessment and Training Program (DSATP) is a special university program with an initial assessment for a duration of a maximum of three months to a maximum of 12 months of training in total. The length of the program will be decided by the Discipline and the needs of the candidate. This program is intended for graduates of non-accredited dental specialty programs, i.e. educational programs that have not been accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) or the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

The program is designed to clinically assess applicants to determine whether they have the knowledge, skill and judgement equivalent to the standards set to graduate a student from a CDAC or CODA accredited dental specialty program. Upon successful completion of the Dental Specialty Assessment and Training Program, the student would be eligible to apply to write the National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE) administered by the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Upon successful completion of this examination, the candidate would be eligible for licensure by one of the Dental Regulatory Authorities.

Programs Offering Training

The Faculty of Dentistry offers the following programs for DSATP assessment and training but it is important to note that spaces are limited by physical facilities:

Dental Anaesthesia
Dental Public Health
Endodontics
Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine
Oral Pathology
Oral Medicine
Oral Radiology
Orthodontics
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Anaesthesia
Paediatric Dentistry
Periodontology
Prosthodontics

Completion of program

It should be noted that the certificate of completion for clinical competency for the DSATP does not in itself confer the right of certification as a specialist. In Ontario this is the prerogative of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, to which all questions regarding licensure/registration should be addressed.

A printable copy (PDF) of the Admission Guidelines for summer 2011 entry is available.