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Specialty Certificate In Dental Anaesthesia

Important Notice: Registering as a Dental Anesthesiologist

The grand parenting provision enacted in August 2007 in the Registration Regulation, which allowed dentists who graduated from non-accredited anaesthesia programs to be eligible for specialty registration, has now run its legislated 3 year course and has closed. This means that as of September 23, 2011 applicants for a specialty certificate of registration in anaesthesia in Ontario must have graduated from a CDAC or ADA accredited dental anaesthesia program of a minimum of 22 months of full-time instruction.

For those who meet this criterion, feel free to contact the Registration Department if you have any questions.

While this material below is intended to assist applicants with completing their application forms, we encourage them to review Regulation 205/04 as amended by O. Reg. 500/07, the Registration Regulation, and in particular sections 18 and 19. The full regulation can be found on the College's website at .

Please note that applications to take the RCDSO Examination in Dental Anaesthesia will not be considered unless an application for a specialty certificate of registration has also been submitted.

As of August 27, 2007, the legislation governing the practice of dentistry in Ontario recognized Dental Anaesthesia as a dental specialty in Ontario. With this legislation, the Ontario government has continued to place the responsibility for the registration of dental specialists in the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario.

While this material below is intended to assist applicants with completing their application forms, we encourage them to review Regulation 205/04 as amended by O. Reg. 500/07, the Registration Regulation, and in particular sections 18 and 19. The full regulation can be found on the College's website at www.rcdso.org/pdf/registra_licensing/Ont_Regs_Sept_2007.pdf.

Please note that applications to take the RCDSO Examination in Dental Anaesthesia will not be considered unless an application for a specialty certificate of registration has also been submitted.

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