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Improving the standard of Dentistry in Singapore
31 December 2007
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31 Dec 2007
In the continued efforts to improve the standard and practice of Dentistry in Singapore, the Ministry of Health, Singapore will be implementing three new initiatives from 1 January 2008.
(A) Increasing the number of recognised foreign dental degrees
(B) Publication of information on Dental Fees
(C) Specialist accreditation
(A) Increasing the number of recognised foreign dental schools
The Ministry of Health, Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Dental Council (SDC), will be recognising more foreign basic dental degrees starting next year. This will help increase the pool of dental graduates for employment in Singapore.
From 1 January 2008, all dental schools accredited by the American Dental Association and the Canadian Dental Association will be added to the Schedule of the Dental Registration Act.
The addition of 48 American dental schools and 7 Canadian dental schools will increase the number of recognised foreign dental schools in the Schedule from the current 34 to 89. The list of new and current dental schools can be found in Annex A.
For further information, please access SDC’s website at www.sdc.gov.sg
(B) Publication of information on Dental Fees
From 1 January next year, the Ministry of Health, Singapore, will also be publishing on its website information on average dental fees that private patients in public institutions would pay for selected dental procedures.
This information, which is updated monthly, will help the public make informed choices. It will also help to moderate public institutions’ and private dental clinics’ charges for dental treatment.
For a start, the Ministry of Health, Singapore will publish the average dental fees for common, high-end dental treatment. These include:
1. Crowns.
2. Full Dentures.
3. Impacted Wisdom Tooth Surgery.
4. Implants.
5. Orthodontics.
6. Root Canal Treatment – Anterior Tooth.
7. Root Canal Treatment – Molar Tooth.
8. Root Canal Treatment – Pre-molar Tooth.
The public may visit the MOH website at www.moh.gov.sg for more information.
(C) Specialists Accreditation
The new Dental Registration Act was passed in Parliament this year and will take effect on 1 January 2008.
Dentists who already have specialist qualifications and who have been practicing their specialty for a stipulated period of time will be exempted from the new set of accreditation guidelines which would be drawn up by the Dental Specialists Accreditation Board (DSAB). These dentists would also have to satisfy certain other conditions in order to be specialist accredited by the DSAB.
The DSAB would like to invite applications from dentists who satisfy these conditions. The list of conditions can be found in Annex B.
ANNEX A
List of recognised foreign dental schools
New Schools:
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Canada | 1.DalhousieUniversity 2.LavalUniversity 3.Universityof Alberta 4.Universityof Manitoba 5.Universityof Montreal 6.Universityof Saskatchewan 7.University of WesternOntario |
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United States of America | 1.A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health 2.BaylorCollege of Dentistry Component of Texas A and M Health Science Centre 3.BostonUniversity Goldman Schoolof Dental Medicine 4.CaseWestern Reserve University Schoolof Dental Medicine 5.ColumbiaUniversity Collegeof Dental Medicine 6.CreightonUniversity SchoolofDentistry 7.HarvardUniversity Schoolof Dental Medicine 8.HowardUniversity Collegeof Dentistry 9.LouisianaState University Schoolof Dentistry 10.MarquetteUniversity Schoolof Dentistry 11.MedicalCollege of Georgia Schoolof Dentistry 12.MedicalUniversity of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine 13.MeharryMedical College Schoolof Dentistry 14.New YorkUniversity Collegeof Dentistry 15.Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine 16.OregonHealth and Science University School of Dentistry 17.Southern Illinois University Schoolof Dental Medicine 18.StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine 19.StateUniversity of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine 20.TempleUniversity The Maurice H.Kornberg School of Dentistry 21.TuftsUniversity Schoolof DentalMedicine 22.University of Alabama SchoolofDentistry at UAB 23.Universityof California at SanFrancisco School of Dentistry 24.Universityof Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center 25.University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine 26.University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry 27.University of Florida College ofDentistry 28.Universityof Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry 29.University of Kentucky College ofDentistry 30.University of Louisville School ofDentistry 31.University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery 32.Universityof Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey NewJersey Dental School 33.University of Minnesota School ofDentistry 34.University of Mississippi School ofDentistry 35.University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry 36.University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry 37.Universityof Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine 38.University of North Carolina School of Dentistry 39.University of Oklahoma College ofDentistry 40.University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine 41.University of Pittsburgh School ofDental Medicine 42.University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry 43.University of Tennessee College of Dentistry 44.Universityof TexasHealth Science Centre-Houston Dental Branch 45.University of Texas Health Science Centre-San Antonio Dental School 46.University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry 47.VirginiaCommonwealth University Schoolof Dentistry 48.West VirginiaUniversity SchoolofDentistry |
Current Schools:
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United Kingdom | 1. University of Birmingham 2. University of Bristol 3. University of Leeds 4. University of Liverpool 5. University of London 6. University of Manchester 7. University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 8. University of Sheffield 9. Queen's University of Belfast 10. University of Dundee 11. University of Edinburgh 12. University of Glasgow 13. University of Wales |
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Australia | 1. University of Sydney 2. University of Queensland 3. University of Adelaide 4. University of Melbourne 5. University of Western Australia |
Hong Kong | 1. University of Hong Kong |
New Zealand | 1.University of Otago |
Republicof Ireland | 1.National University of Ireland 2. University of Dublin |
Canada | 1.Universityof British Columbia 2.Universityof Toronto 3.McGillUniversity |
United States of America | 1.LomaLinda University Schoolof Dentistry 2.Universityof California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry 3.Universityof Southern California School of Dentistry 4.Northwestern University 5.IndianaUniversity Schoolof Dentistry 6.University of Iowa College of Dentistry 7.University of Michigan School of Dentistry 8. Ohio State University College of Dentistry 9. University of Washington-Health Sciences School of Dentistry |
ANNEX B
Conditions for Specialist Accreditation
Dentists who already have specialist qualifications will have to fulfil the following conditions in order to be specialist accredited by DSAB.
1. Those who have been awarded Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (FAMS). Dentists who have been awarded FAMS would have had at least 5 years of post-basic training experience.
2. Those who have not been awarded FAMS but have undergone Basic Specialty Training (BST) or equivalent and their basic-specialist training and post-basic training experience adds up to at least 5 years.
3. Those who have undergone a full-time 3 years Masters programme conferred by a recognised institution of tertiary education and have either at least 2 years of post-basic specialist training in a recognised institution, or have SDC-approved restricted practice in that specialty for 2 years.
4. Those who have undergone a full-time 2 years Masters programme conferred by a recognised institution of tertiary education and have either at least 3 years of post-basic specialist training in a recognised institution, or have SDC-approved restricted practice in that specialty for 3 years.
5. Those who have undergone a full-time 1 year Masters programme conferred by a recognised institution of tertiary education and have either at least 4 years of post-basic specialist training in a recognised institution, or have SDC-approved restricted practice in that specialty for 4 years.
Those who do not fall under the above 5 categories would be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The DSAB will review all applications and decide who could be accepted into the dental specialists register.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SINGAPORE
27 December 2007