NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

(c) On registration for the degree examination in dentistry, students must document that they:
have studied dentistry for at least ten semesters;
have passed the pre-degree examination in dentistry;
have attended the following lecture courses: introduction to dentistry, general surgery, diseases of the ear, nose and
throat, hygiene (including preventive medicine), medical microbiology (with labs), introduction to orthodontics, the
profession and history of medicine with special reference to dentistry; and also attended two lecture courses each in
pharmacology (including prescription course), internal medicine, diseases of the teeth, mouth and jaw, surgery of
the teeth, mouth and jaw, dental preservation, prosthetic dentistry and orthodontics;
have taken part regularly and successfully completed courses of one semester in each of the following: pathohistology,
chemical and physical clinical examination methods, radiology with special consideration for protection against
radiation, tooth preservation with exercises on models; and courses of two semesters in operations and orthodontic
treatment;
have regularly attended and successfully completed one semester each as an observer at a dental clinic and out-patients
department and at the out-patients surgical department and as a trainee at a dermatology clinic; a two-semester
traineeship in the course and at an out-patients clinic for dental preservation and for dental prosthesis; and a threesemester
traineeship at a clinic and out-patients clinic for dental, oral and jaw diseases.
3. In accordance with the regulations governing the licensing of dentists, the State examinations are taken before State
boards at the institutions of higher education. They are oral, practical and, to the extent that reports and treatment plans
need to be formulated, written.
(a) The pre-degree science examination covers the subjects: physics, chemistry, zoology or biology.
(b) The pre-degree dentistry examination covers the subjects: anat-omy, physiology, physiological chemistry, dental
prosthesis.
(c) The degree examination in dentistry covers the subjects: gen- eral pathology and pathological anatomy,
pharmacology, hygiene, medical microbiology and health care, internal medicine, dermatology and venereal
diseases, ear, nose and throat diseases, diseases affecting the teeth, mouth and jaws, surgery (including radiology and
radiation protection), dental preser-vation including eurodontics, endodontics, periodontics and
paedodontics, dental prosthesis, orthodontics.
4. All examinations are graded. The grades are: very good (1), good (2), satisfactory (3), unsatisfactory (4), insufficient (5),
bad (6).
The examination board issues a certificate on every examination in accordance with the established samples. The
certificate on the degree examination in dentistry (Zeugnis über die zahnärztliche Prüfung) is a dental diploma in the
sense of Article 3a(1) of Directive 78/686/EEC and is recognised by the EC Member States.
Licensing, doctoral degree, specialisation
A dental licence is issued on the basis of the dental degree examination certificate if the applicant is a German national, an EC
national or a Stateless foreigner and if the other requirements are met.
A dental licence entitles the holder to practise dentistry in the Federal Republic of Germany on a permanent and independent
basis.
Acquisition of a doctoral degree in dentistry, Dr. med. dent. (academic degree), is based on the regulations governing the
acquisition of doctoral degrees established by the medical schools and departments.
A doctoral degree in dentistry is not required to practise dentistry or for further medical specialisation.