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Apply for Dental Assisting Registration and Permit

If you want to practice as a dental assistant in Alberta, you must have Registration and a Practice Permit. You can apply if you meet any of the following:

Accredited Education

  • you graduated from a CDAC-accredited dental assisting program in Canada, and
  • passed the NDAEB Written Exam

Non-Accredited Education

  • you graduated from a non-accredited dental assisting program, and
  • passed the NDAEB Written Exam, and
  • passed the NDAEB Clinical Practice Evaluation

NDAEB In Progress (Provisional)

  • you are working on completing the NDAEB Written Exam and/or Clinical Practice Evaluation

Labour Mobility

  • you are a dental assistant in a Canadian province where dental assisting is regulated

CDAC – Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada
NDAEB – National Dental Assisting Examining Board

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Phone: (780) 486-2526
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E-mail: contact@abrda.ca

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