Source: BUS Sachsen-Anhalt (Linie6Plus)

Applying for admission to a section of the dental examination

Description

Dental training comprises

at least five years of study in dentistry at a university,
training in first aid,
one month of nursing service,
a clinical traineeship of four weeks and
the dental examination, to be taken in three stages.

Proof of passing the dental examination is a prerequisite for licensure as a dentist.

To take a section of the dental examination, you must apply for admission to the relevant section of the examination at the office responsible for you.

You can take the first section of the dental examination at the earliest at the end of the fourth semester of your dental degree course.

You can take the second section of the dental examination at the earliest at the end of the second semester of the dental degree course after passing the first section of the dental examination.

You can take the third section of the dental examination at the earliest at the end of the fourth semester of the dental degree course after passing the second section of the dental examination.

Prerequisites

In order to be admitted to the respective section of the dental examination, you must enclose the required evidence with your written application.

Required documents

1 The application for admission to the first section of the dental examination must be accompanied by the following documents in the original or as a certified copy:

Proof of identity
Proof of higher education entrance qualification and, in the case of certificates obtained abroad, also the notice of recognition from the competent authority under state law
transcript of records or the documents that replace the transcript of records at the respective university as proof of study periods. You can submit this proof within a period specified by the office responsible for you if you are not yet able to attach it to the application
The certificates according to the model in Annex 5 to the ZApprO (licensing regulations for dentists) or a summary certificate according to the model in Annex 6 to the ZApprO on regular and successful participation in the courses prescribed in Annex 1 to the ZApprO. If you are unable to submit this certificate with your application, you can submit it at a later date within a period specified by the competent authority.
Proof of training in first aid, which must not be older than three years at the time of application
Certificate of nursing service

2. the application for admission to the second section of the dental examination must be accompanied by the following documents in the original or as a certified copy:

Proof of identity
The transcript of records or the documents that take the place of the transcript of records at the respective university. You can submit this proof at a later date within a period specified by the office responsible for you if you are not yet able to attach it to the application.
The certificates according to the model in Annex 5 to the ZApprO or a summary certificate according to the model in Annex 7 to the ZApprO on regular and successful participation in the courses prescribed in Annex 2 to the ZApprO. You can submit this proof within a period specified by the office responsible for you if you are not yet able to attach it to the application.
the certificate confirming that you have passed the first section of the dental examination

3. the application for admission to the third section of the dental examination must be accompanied by the following documents in the original or as a certified copy:

Proof of identity
The transcript of records or the documents that take the place of the transcript of records at the respective university as proof of study periods. You can submit this proof at a later date within a period specified by the office responsible for you if you are not yet able to attach it to the application.
The certificate according to the model in Annex 5 to the ZApprO or a summary certificate according to the model in Annex 8 to the ZApprO on regular and successful participation in the courses prescribed in Annex 3 to the ZApprO and successful participation in courses in the subjects and cross-sectional areas listed in Annex 4 to the ZApprO. You can submit this proof within a period specified by the office responsible for you if you are not yet able to attach it to the application.
the proof according to the model in Annex 12 to the ZApprO on the acquisition of expertise in radiation protection for the field of application of intraoral X-ray diagnostics with dental tube devices, panoramic tomographs, cephalometric radiographs of the skull
Certificate of passing the second section of the dental examination
Certificate of the clinical traineeship