It’s a consistent and fair process that helps us determine if your education is substantially equivalent to the entry-level education and practical experience required of a graduate from a CADTR approved Canadian dental technology education program.
You supply us with your experiential hours and existing documentation, such as transcripts, course outlines/syllabi and supplemental documentation. Then our trained credential evaluator compares them to the required entry-level dental technology education standard in Canada.
Five main program areas:
Within each program area, you will find specific course content areas. Course content areas:
For each course content area there are course content descriptors:
These are key words, phrases, and concepts that help the credential evaluator determine how closely your education program’s course content area matches the entry-level dental technology education standard in Canada.
For each required course content area, the credential evaluator will score the evidence provided in your documentation using a three-point standardized scale:
Your credential evaluation outcome is based on a combination of your course content area score and experiential hours. Regardless of your course content area score, you will need 1300 experiential hours for your credential technical report to be substantially equivalent.
There are three possible scoring outcomes:
CADTR Approved Dental Technology programs include a minimum of 1300 experiential hours obtained through one or more methods:
Experiential hours may be attained in school, dental technology employment or a combination of both. Dental technology experiential hours can be attained in Canada or another country.
Our credential evaluator adds all your hours of simulated experience, external laboratory experience, and patient-care hours cited in your documentation to determine if you have acquired 1300 practical experience hours during your educational program.
You will be required to demonstrate experiential hours within the 36 months of your application to CADTR. Experiential hours can be gained within or outside of your education program. Complete and submit the Experiential Hours form.
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
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| Muscles of mastication (origin, insertion, function) and muscles of orofacial complex | ||
| Cranial landmarks and definitions, bones of the skull, | ||
| Innervation of orofacial complex (nerve supply/blood supply) | ||
| Connective tissues, lymphatic system, salivary glands | ||
| Temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ): structures, movement and associated disorders | ||
| Principles and concepts of semi-adjustable and fully adjustable articulators |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Human tooth anatomy; | ||
| Classification of permanent and primary teeth | ||
| Development and chronology (of eruption) of permanent and primary teeth | ||
| Morphology and physiology (structures of a tooth and purpose) | ||
| Tooth identification (numbering) systems or tooth identification |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Oral anatomy and terminology | ||
| Periodontal structures and function | ||
| Geriatric and edentulous anatomy | ||
| Bone formation and degeneration, bone resorption and development (osteoblastic and osteoclastic phenomenon), | ||
| Normal development of the oral cavity and the oro-facial complex, | ||
| Oral anomalies and pathologies |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Normal occlusion and classifications of malocclusions | ||
| Centric occlusion | ||
| Principles of occlusion: static and dynamic functional occlusion | ||
| Traumatic occlusion | ||
| Occlusal plane |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Loss of teeth, Kennedy classification (missing teeth patterns) | ||
| Psychological effects of tooth loss |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Skeletal system | ||
| Cardio-vascular system | ||
| Gastro-intestinal system/Digestive system | ||
| Respiratory system |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Physics associated with tooth movement | ||
| Fulcrums, retention | ||
| Properties of materials, stress/strain relationships (e.g., modulus of elasticity, flexing and limitation of materials, proportionate limits) | ||
| Bonding and adhesion, mechanical bonds | ||
| Optics: nature and importance of light (e.g., wavelength, visible, infrared and ultraviolet spectra, colour), reflection, refraction, absorption, transparency, fluorescence, translucency, and additive and subtractive light color system | ||
| Sound waves: nature and importance of sound, sonics, ultrasonics, phonetics | ||
| Energy: thermodynamics, heat and temperature | ||
| Capillary action |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Nature and importance of chemical elements | ||
| Atomic structure of elements, valency, formation of compounds chemical reactions, chemical bond, states of matter | ||
| Polymerization and crystallization reactions | ||
| Basic metallurgy | ||
| Electroplating, galvanization, corrosion | ||
| Bonding and adhesion |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Dental prostheses and components terms (e.g., complete/full dentures, partial dentures, crown and bridge, ceramics, orthodontics, maxillofacial, implantology) | ||
| Dental material terms (e.g., polymerization, alloys, stress/strain, etc.) | ||
| Dental anatomy terms (e.g., edentulous, morphology, occlusion, etc.) | ||
| Names of tools and equipment (e.g., handpiece, bench lathe, surveyor) |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Basic radiographic interpretation (e.g., Identify bone, surrounding structures, landmarks, bone height) | ||
| Type and projections (views) of dental radiographs (Periapical (PA), Orthopantomogram (OPG), Lateral Cephalometric (Lat Ceph) | ||
| Verification of osteointegration of implants | ||
| Interpreting marginal fit of crowns and/or bridges |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, digital manufacturing (CAD/CAM) | ||
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Scanning | ||
| Designing | ||
| Exporting designs | ||
| Printing/milling |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Single- and multiple-tooth appliances with wrought-wire clasps | ||
| Immediate/transitional acrylic partial dentures |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Fabricate final and duplicate models/casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Survey and design, tripod, block-out, wax up and invest, cast | ||
| Tooth selection | ||
| Set up, wax up, process | ||
| Trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Principles and concepts of semi-adjustable and fully adjustable articulators | ||
| Principles of occlusion, aesthetics, phonetics, and malocclusion | ||
| Theory of complete denture set-up | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Fabricate final models/casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Tooth selection | ||
| Set up, wax up, process | ||
| Selective grinding/equilibration, trim and polish | ||
| Repair, reline and modification | ||
| Immediate dentures | ||
| Surgical stents/guides/templates for bone remodeling |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Fabrication of preliminary and final master casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Single- and multiple-tooth appliances with wrought-wire clasps | ||
| Immediate/transitional acrylic partial dentures | ||
| Set-up, wax-up, process | ||
| Trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Fabricate preliminary, final, and refractory models/casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Survey and design | ||
| Tripod | ||
| Block-out | ||
| Wax up and invest | ||
| Cast | ||
| Trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Fabricate final and duplicate models/casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Tooth selection | ||
| Set up, wax up, process | ||
| Trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Use of semi-adjustable and fully adjustable articulators | ||
| Fabricate final models/casts | ||
| Custom trays and occlusal rims | ||
| Tooth selection | ||
| Set ups, wax up, process | ||
| Selective grinding/equilibration | ||
| Trim and polish | ||
| Repair, reline, and modification of immediate dentures | ||
| Surgical stents/guides/templates for bone remodeling |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Crown and Bridge impressions and bite registration | ||
| Crown and bridge model/cast preparation | ||
| Full contour wax-up | ||
| Full contour alloy crown | ||
| Inlays/onlays | ||
| Post and core restoration | ||
| Single- and multiple-unit metal/ceramic | ||
| Telescopic copings | ||
| Precision and semi-precision attachments | ||
| Electroplating/galvanization | ||
| Soldering techniques for fixed restorations | ||
| Occlusion and articulation | ||
| Reduction coping | ||
| Porcelain fused to metal bridges (PFM) | ||
| Diagnostic wax-ups | ||
| Provisional/temporary restorations | ||
| Sprueing, investing, casting, Laws of Casting | ||
| Trim and finish of various alloys, metal polish | ||
Ceramic Theory
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Adjust/repair ceramics
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| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Crown and bridge model/cast preparation | ||
| Full contour or diagnostic wax-ups | ||
| Full contour alloy crown | ||
| Inlays/onlays | ||
| Post and core restoration | ||
| Single- and multiple-unit metal/ceramic (porcelain fused to metal - PFM) | ||
| Veneers | ||
| Precision and semi-precision attachments | ||
| Apply soldering techniques to fixed restorations | ||
| Occlusion and articulation | ||
| Reduction coping | ||
| Provisional/temporary restorations | ||
| Sprueing, investing and casting | ||
| Trimming, finishing, polishing metal. | ||
Ceramic laboratory:
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| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| History of fixed and removable implant prostheses | ||
| Osseointegration | ||
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Abutment options/components | ||
| Custom trays (open/closed) | ||
| Occlusion rims | ||
| Surgical stents/guides | ||
| Models, soft-tissue models | ||
| Clinical procedures | ||
| Processing methods | ||
| Implant-retained and -supported restoration designs |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Fixed and removable | ||
| Abutment options/components | ||
| Custom trays (open/closed) | ||
| Occlusion rims | ||
| Surgical stents/guides | ||
| Models, soft-tissue models | ||
| Processing methods | ||
| Implant-retained and supported restorations |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription | ||
| Treatment planning and design | ||
| Biomechanics of tooth movement | ||
| Classification of occlusions and malocclusions | ||
| Orthodontic appliance materials and components | ||
| Preliminary/diagnostic cast fabrication | ||
| Fixed, removable and myofunctional appliances | ||
| Wire bending | ||
| Soldering, welding | ||
| Processing (acrylic/vacuum form), trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of the prescription and planning workflow | ||
| Wire bending | ||
| Soldering, welding | ||
| Fabricating orthodontic bands | ||
| Fabricating orthodontic wire components and appliances | ||
| Preliminary/diagnostic cast fabrication | ||
| Fixed, removable, and myofunctional appliances | ||
| Processing (acrylic/vacuum form), trim and polish |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Common maxillofacial surgical procedures | ||
| Orthodontic surgical treatment of dental-maxillary anomalies | ||
| Maxillofacial templates and guides | ||
| Surgical splint and obturator |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Acrylic repairs/fractures | ||
| Reline | ||
| Rebase | ||
| Tooth replacement/addition | ||
| Clasp repair | ||
| Soldering and welding (flame, electro) |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Interpretation of prescription | ||
| Shade selection procedures | ||
| Light and colour characteristics (reflecting light, additive and subtractive colors, light spectrum, translucency), (Munsell system: value, chroma, hue,) | ||
| Proper environment for shade selection | ||
| digital oral photography and exchange of information between dentist and RDT |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Perform shade selection procedure | ||
| Mixing colours to achieve shade |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Photo-cure | ||
| Heat-cure | ||
| Self-cure | ||
| Thermoplastic | ||
| Injection-modelled full and partial dentures | ||
| Ortho and crown and bridge acrylics | ||
| Re-enforcements |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Low fusing | ||
| High fusing | ||
| Pressable ceramics | ||
| Zirconia | ||
| Feldspathic porcelain | ||
| Silicate ceramics (lithium disilicate) |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Alginate | ||
| Rubber base | ||
| Polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) | ||
| Polyether |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Dental waxes | ||
| Gypsum products | ||
| Reversible hydrocolloid | ||
| Refractory materials | ||
| Flux and solders | ||
| Acids |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Polishing agents (e.g. pumice, tripoli, high-shine, chromium oxide) | ||
| Diamonds | ||
| Tungsten carbide | ||
| Aluminum oxide, carborundum |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Metals, alloys and solders |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Classification of materials, | ||
| Incompatibility of materials | ||
| Safe handling procedures |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Types of equipment and hand tools | ||
| Selecting the correct equipment | ||
| Safe operating procedures |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Conflict resolution | ||
| Leadership styles | ||
| Professional accountability | ||
| Assigning and supervising staff |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Legal obligation to maintain laboratory records and to document laboratory activities | ||
| Documentation of infection control and prevention and control measures taken for patient care services | ||
| Documentation of patient care activities |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Professional boundaries | ||
| Ethical business practices | ||
| Confidentiality | ||
| Professional obligations and accountability | ||
| Billing guidelines and standards |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| The different roles of the healthcare team | ||
| Responsibilities of the dental treatment team | ||
| Collaboration | ||
| Conflict resolution (also in leadership skills above) |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Considers alternative approaches, procedures or techniques | ||
| Problem solving | ||
| Apply professional judgment |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Prioritization | ||
| Project management |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Microbiology and pathogens | ||
| Principles of infection control and control | ||
| Standard precautions (e.g., personal protective equipment) | ||
| Cross contaminations (pathogenic diseases are not necessarily infectious) | ||
| Infectious diseases | ||
| Patient interactions and communication |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer/laboratory procedure for disinfection | ||
| Reprocessing procedures to clean and disinfect equipment and instruments | ||
| Disinfectants | ||
| Impressions and prostheses disinfection | ||
| Cleaning/disinfecting versus sterilization |
| Course Content Descriptors: | I am confident | I am not confident |
|---|---|---|
| Proper handling of hazardous materials | ||
| Labeling/identification to WHMIS standards | ||
| Personal protective equipment | ||
| Emergency protocols | ||
| Safe operation of dental technology equipment | ||
| Laboratory design |