The fully-equipped dental laboratory will provide you with the chance to learn in facilities that are similar to what you will encounter when you enter the working world. Training with actual equipment means you will already have bridged any potential knowledge gap when you pursue work as a Denturist. You’ll be familiar with the equipment and procedures, and that confidence will be apparent to your employer, coworkers, and clients.

Get Certified and Become More Employable

Oxford College’s Denturism Program is recognized by the College of Denturists of Ontario (CDO), and the curriculum emphasizes laboratory expertise and treatment planning.
Upon successful completion of the Denturism program, you will be eligible to write the provincial licensing examination with the CDO, which students must enroll for upon graduation.
Successful completion of the program and the provincial licensing exam will permit students to register with the CDO, in order to practice Denturism in Ontario.

Get ready for a unique and rewarding career path with Oxford College’s Denturism diploma program!

Develop the technical knowledge and practical skills that prepare you for opportunities as an independent oral care professional in dental offices, hospitals, clinics, educational facilities, private industries and more.
Our Denturism diploma program is designed to prepare graduates for the written and clinical examinations for registration by the College of Denturists of Ontario (CDO). You will examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Our program gives you the skills and training to make impressions of teeth, gums and jaws, order radiographs, insert and fit new dentures, fabricate mouth guards and trays and perform denture whitening and cleaning.

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• Apply the current National Competency Profile for Denturists to provide safe, competent, culturally competent and ethical care.
• Practice within the Health Professions Act and the related College of Denturists of Oxford College documents: Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills to meet patients’ needs related to denturist services.
• Design, fabricate, and maintain a wide variety of dental prostheses and/or oral devices.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient treatment and improve health outcomes.
• Apply knowledge, principles, and the skills of management with the goal of providing effective and efficient denturist services.
• Demonstrate professional behaviour that is ethical, supersedes self-interest, strives for excellence, is committed to continued professional development.
• Communicate with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals, to promote and support optimal patient care and well-being.