DHA exam Requirements for General Dentist

To apply as General Dentist for DHA exam, one should;

• Have successfully completed 5 year's dental degree (i.e. BDS, DDS, DMD or its equivalent) from a recognized dental school listed on Avicenna database (formerly WHO directory of medical & dental schools).
• Have registration and practice license from their home country, as IMG (International Medical Graduate) .
• Have atleast 2 (Two) years clinical experience after housejob / internship. Dentist with no housejob / internship evidence will need an additional two years of clinical experience..

DHA exam Requirements for Specialist and Consultant

To apply as specialist or consultant for DHA exam, one should;

• Have graduated from a recognized dental school listed on Avicenna database (formerly WHO directory of medical & dental schools).
• Have completed recognized post graduation certificate of dental specialization, comprising of minimum 2 (two) years duration as per recognized specialty certificates. But for some specialties, requirements may vary. Like, for Oral and Maxillofacial surgery specialty, minimum of 4 (four) years post graduate certificate is required. Similarly, for Orthodontics specialty, minimum 3 year’s postgraduate certificate is required.
• Have registration and valid medical practice license from his/her home country or country of last employment.
• Have no interruption in clinical practice for more than 2 years. Based upon clinical experience, candidate is allocated to different tiers.

DHA exam documents requirement for Dentists

Candidate must provide the following scanned documents for initial processing.

• 5 year's dental degree (i.e. BDS, DDS, DMD or its equivalent) from a recognized dental institution.
• Recognized Specialty certificate (if applying for specialist/consultant title).
• Valid practice license in country of graduation and/or country of last employment.
• Evidence of all clinical experience or certificate(s) issued by the facility of practice and signed by the Human Resources Department, or Medical Director.
• Recent Good Standing Certificate (GSC) issued by the dental council/association from the country of last employment (Certificates are only valid for six (6) months from date of issue).
• Log book (for dental surgical specialties only).
• Valid passport copy.
• One (1) colored passport photograph.
• Medical fitness test for candidates having 65 years of age or above

DHA exam general guidelines

The applicant should consider the following while filling the application to avoid any delay in the licensure process or application rejection:

• Name should be exactly like the passport.
• Upload all documents 'JPEG/PDF format only' in the required fields.
• Name the scanned documents according to the certificate. For example: Passport, Picture, Experience (Kindly do not give numbers to the documents such as 1, 2, 3 etc).
• For dental surgeons, a log book must be submitted in the experience field.
• In case if the applicant doesn’t have any of the required documents, he/she will need to upload a justification letter. For example: if he/she doesn’t have Good Standing Certificate or License, they need to upload an explanation letter to the Licensing section.
• In case if Primary Source Verification (PSV) from dataflow was done: a receipt or report must be uploaded.
• In case the applicant has successfully passed the DHA exam: he/she needs to upload the related document (at the Additional Documents Details section).

Kindly note, that failure to provide the required documents after 3 attempts will result in application rejection.

The applicant needs to check the Sheryan account frequently after submitting the application to check if there is any feedback from DHA ( in the pending task section)

DHA exam complete registration process for Dentists

1. DHA Sheryan self assessment step by step guide. Click here for video tutorial.
2. Dataflow PSV (Primary Source Verification) complete step by step guide. Click here for video tutorial.
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