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CAD 36898

Tuition Fee (CAD)

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CAD 110

Application Fee

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36 months

Duration

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6

IELTS

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80

TOEFL

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60%

Min GPA

Program Overview

The three-year Denturism (S101) advanced diploma program prepares students to provide care as independent oral health care professionals.
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George Brown College's Denturism program is accredited by Accreditation (EQual) Canada and is recognized by the College of Denturists of Ontario (CDO)—the organization that oversees the registration and licensing of denturists in Ontario.

Utilizing the denturism model of care, students will learn to:

  • Assess a patient's health history and oral health conditions
  • Design a treatment plan
  • Take impressions
  • Complete procedures to fabricate the construction of removable partial or full dentures

Students will also provide services related to:

  • Denture repairs
  • Relines
  • Removable oral devices

In addition, students will learn techniques in the fabrication of implant overdentures through simulation.

The program consists of a challenging curriculum, including academic, clinical and laboratory skills. Emphasis is placed on interprofessional education, with students learning to function within a collaborative oral health-care team. Students are to assume responsibility for ensuring the client base required to participate in the clinical component of the program.

Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  • Practise in a professional, competent and ethical manner within the defined scope of practice and consistent with current regulations and standards of practice.
  • Assess and evaluate patients’ oral health status using determinants of health and risk analysis to identify denturism needs, support treatment decisions and provide appropriate referrals to other health care professionals as required.
  • Design, implement and evaluate a range of primary, interceptive, therapeutic, preventative and ongoing oral health-care services to meet the unique needs of patients.
  • Design, fabricate, insert and maintain a variety of dental prostheses and oral devices.
  • Identify, select, implement and evaluate quality assurance standards and protocols that contribute to a safe and effective working environment.
  • Establish and maintain professional and interprofessional relationships that contribute to patient care, safety and positive health-care outcomes within the scope of practice of denturists.
  • Facilitate the development of specific oral health attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviours in patients by selecting and utilizing principles of teaching and learning.
  • Develop and present a model for a denturist practice that addresses relevant business principles, current legislation and standards of practice.
  • Develop ongoing reflective professional development strategies and plans related to realistic career goals in the profession.
  • Integrate theory, principles, concepts and relevant research into competent denturism practice.
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Additional Information

Program Level UG Certificate / Diploma

College/University Processing Time 70

Program Intensity Full-Time

Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) work permit

Program Intake

Open

Sep 2024

General Admission Requirement

  • IELTS
    • Minimum Overall Score - 6.0 - With No Band Less Than - 5.5
  • TOEFL
    • Minimum Overall Score - 80 - With no score less than - 20
  • PTE
    • Minimum Overall Score - 54 - With no score less than - 50
  • DUOLINGO
    • Minimum Overall Score - 105.0  

Academic Requirement

  • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted into this program, applicants must have Grade 12 / High School Diploma or equivalent including the following required course(s):
    • Grade 12 English (C or U) - A grade of 70% or higher is required.
    • Grade 11 Math (M or U) or Grade 12 (C or U) - A grade of 60% or higher is required.
    • Grade 11 Biology (C or U) or Grade 12 (U) - A grade of 70% or higher is required.
    • Grade 11 Chemistry or Physics (U) or Grade 12 Chemistry or Physics (C or U) - A grade of 60% or higher is required.

6 IELTS Score
80 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
54 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
105 Duolingo Minimum Overall Score
60% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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Tuition Fee

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Average Tuition Fee Per Year

36898

Tuition Fee
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CAD 110

Application Fee
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12000 Per year

Average Cost of Living
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