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Become a dental assistant in France

Proposed by JRS France , JRS FranceUpdated on 10 днів тому

The dental assistant helps the dentist during treatment. They greet patients, seat them before the consultation, prepare instruments, take some X-rays, and clean the equipment. They also provide patients with simple information about dental care.

The dental assistant also participates in the running of the practice. For example, they answer the phone, schedule appointments, prepare patient files, collect payments and manage equipment.

To work as a dental assistant in France, you need to obtain the professional qualification of dental assistant.

The training usually lasts 12 to 18 months and includes courses and internships in dental practices.

For people who have already graduated as dental surgeons in their country, it is possible to take an accelerated training course.

The website Prendre soin.fr allows you to find a lot of information on support and the different types of assistance available.

These practical guides can be useful for questions related to learning French or translations.
To study to become a dental assistant, it is necessary to have the national diploma of the brevet or an equivalent and to have an intermediate level of French B2.

You must request a comparability statement for your secondary school leaving certificate (Bac). You will find all the necessary information regarding this process on this Refugees.info fact sheet .

How to do it?

Preparation for the dental assistant diploma is provided in an accredited training center.

Click here to see the list of centers.

To register for the selection process, you must complete and return a pre-registration application form directly to the training institute of your choice. Candidate selection takes place in two stages:

1- Eligibility based on application

2- Admission interview

If your application is accepted and you already have a diploma or qualification allowing you to practice the profession of dental assistant from a Member State of the European Union, you may be exempted from part of the training by the CPNE-FP.

The training lasts between 12 and 18 months (1878 hours) with:

  • 343 hours of theoretical training
  • 1,535 hours of practical training

Practical training can be carried out in independent dental or stomatological surgeries or in health centres, multidisciplinary health centres, health poles, health establishments or care centers providing a dental or stomatology service or maxillofacial surgery.

Follow the work-study program

Alternation means being employed by a liberal dental or stomatological practice, or in a health center, etc. who will finance the studies. In exchange, you have to commit to working for the employer outside of training time. You will be paid.

This contract can be an apprenticeship contract (for those under 30) or a professionalization contract (for those over 30)

If you already have a diploma or qualification allowing you to practice as a dental surgeon obtained outside a Member State of the European Union, you may be exempt from part of the training.

To do this, you need to register in an accredited training school (a list of these centers is available at this link).

Registration is based on an application. The application must contain the following documents:

  • A copy of an identity document.
  • A certified copy of your diploma or qualification translated into French,
  • Your CV,
  • Your letter of motivation addressed to the CPNE-FP (in this letter, you request, based on your diploma, exemptions from certain teaching units in this course),
  • The translation into French by a translator certified by the French courts of all documents.

Read: the Refugees.info fact sheet "Requesting an official translation of a document"

Please note, these documents must be in PDF or Word format (no other format will be accepted).

You can send these documents by email to: certification-cpnefp@apcdl.fr

If your application is accepted and approved by the CPNE-FP, you will be exempt from 6 units. This means that instead of taking 8 teaching units, you will only take 2.

  • Module 3: Infection risk management and equipment maintenance (49 hours)
  • Module 4: Management, transmission and monitoring of patient files (77 hours)
You will also need to hold the Certificate of training in emergency procedures and care level 2 (AFGSU 2) (21 hours).

What happens next?

It is possible to work directly as a dental assistant upon graduation.

Specialising

It is possible to undertake in-house training to specialise in the following technical fields:

  • Periodontology
  • Implantology
  • Surgery
  • Dentofacial orthopaedics
  • Oral hygiene...

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