DENTAL COUNCIL OF JAMAICA ​

THE COUNCIL

 

The Dental Council is a statutory body constituted under the Dental Act of 1972 for maintaining self-regulation of the dental professions.

Our primary role is to promote and protect the public interest by ensuring that oral health practitioners are safe and competent to practise.

 

The main functions of the Council are:

 

(a) To register dentists and enrol dental auxiliaries;

(b) To regulate the training of persons for enrolment as dental auxiliaries;

(c) To appoint examiners to conduct such examinations in respect to persons applying for registration as dentists and persons applying for enrolment as dental auxiliaries as may from time to time be necessary under the provisions of this Act;

(d)To ensure the maintenance of proper standards of professional conduct by persons registered as dentists or enrolled as dental auxiliaries, as the case may be, under this Act.

 

Other functions as per the ‘Dental Regulations’ of 1974

 

1. To act as an external accreditation entity under the Dental Regulation of 1974 for dental programme recognition;

2. To develop accreditation standards, policies and procedures for dental practitioner programs of study;

3. To develop standards, policies and procedures for the assessment of overseas trained dental practitioners for registration in Jamaica;

4. To assess programs of study that lead to registration in Jamaica;

5. To assess authorities in other countries which conduct examinations for registration to practise as dental practitioners, or accredit programs of study relevant to registration as a dental practitioner, to decide whether persons who successfully complete the examinations or programs of study conducted or accredited by those authorities have the knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes necessary to practise as dental practitioners in Jamaica;

6. To oversee the assessment of the knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of local and overseas trained dental practitioners who are seeking registration to practise in Jamaica.