Dentist; application for a license to practice dentistry for training in Germany

Dentists can apply for a license to practice dentistry if they have completed their dental training in Germany and wish to practice dentistry in Bavaria.

If you want to work as a dentist in Germany after studying dentistry, you will need a special professional license - a license to practice.

After successfully completing your studies, you can apply for a license to practice as a dentist. This license allows you to practice the profession of dentist in Germany independently and on your own responsibility.

You will receive a license to practice for an unlimited period of time. It is valid for the entire Federal Republic of Germany.

Your license to practice can be revoked if you are no longer reliable to practice the profession. This may include violating professional regulations or committing a criminal offense. Your license can also be revoked if you have health problems relevant to the practice of dentistry.

• Birth certificate/parentage certificate or extract from the parents' family register

  (certified copy)

• if the name used differs from that on the birth certificate: proof of a change of name (e.g. marriage certificate)

  (certified copy)

• valid proof of identity (e.g. passport)

  (certified copy)

• complete and personally signed curriculum vitae

  (tabular and chronological list of the training courses completed and the relevant gainful activities pursued, stating the periods (month/year) and enclosing the relevant supporting documents)

• Medical certificate (original)

  This must be issued and signed by a general practitioner or internal medicine practitioner established in Germany or another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in Switzerland and stamped with a practice or clinic stamp. If the practice or clinic stamp is not in German, a German translation of the stamp is required.

• Certificate of good conduct of document type "O"
  • If the applicant has already spent more than six months in Germany in the past or has had or still has a place of residence in Germany.
  • In Germany, this must be applied for at the registration office of the place of residence, stating the purpose "Approbation as a dentist". The certificate of good conduct will be sent directly to the competent authority by the Federal Office of Justice.
• Proof of exemption from punishment
  • Submission of criminal record extracts from all countries outside Germany in which the applicant has resided for more than six months.
  • The criminal record excerpts must not be older than three months at the time the application is received.
  • These extracts are to be submitted in each case as certified copies
• Proof of your completed training (certified copy, will be sent directly to the professional licensing office by the State Examination Office for training in Bavaria).

You will receive your license to practice as a dentist under the following conditions:

• You have completed the prescribed dental training and passed the state examination.
• You have completed your professional training in Germany.
• You have not been guilty of any conduct that makes you unworthy or unreliable to practise the profession.
• You are medically fit to practise the profession.
• You have the necessary knowledge of the German language to practice your profession.

A fee of EUR 200 must be paid for the license.