Job Search Guides for Internationally Trained Professionals: Dental Assistants

Internet resources listed in this guide explain the rules and terminology for this profession. The resources also explain the procedures for becoming licensed as a member of the profession in Ontario. These sites are available on any computer with Internet access.

Getting Licensed to Work in Ontario:

www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/working/licensed/

Guide to Working in the Professions and Trades in Ontario:

www.211ontario.ca/apt/guide.htm

Glossary of terms used for licensed or regulated professions and trades in Ontario:

www.onip.ca/article/1/

Titles and regulation status for professions and trades in Ontario

Job Profiles:

http://www.211ontario.ca/apt/guide.htm

Occupational Profiles for Selected Trades and Professions:

www.cicic.ca/en/prof.aspx?sortcode=2.19.21

Assessment of international credentials and qualifications:

Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials www.cicic.ca/en/index.aspx

World Education Services

www.wes.org/ca/

Getting licensed as a DENTAL ASSISTANT in Ontario?

Information for foreign-trained dental assistants

www.cicic.ca/en/professions.aspx?sortcode=2.19.21&prof=3411

Technical occupations in dental health care

www.jobfutures.ca/noc/322p1.shtml

Provincial Regulating Body

Dental assistants are not a regulated profession in Ontario. The Ontario Dental Assistants Association (http://www.odaa.org) is seeking regulation status for the profession. Consult the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC) at http://www.hprac.org for information on Ontario government consideration of regulation requests from the dental assistants’ professional association.