Qualifications

Candidate Qualifications for Examination 

A candidate for certification examination by the American Board of Prosthodontics must: 

• Be a trained prosthodontist or be a prosthodontic resident/graduate student in the third year of formal training. Candidates must provide evidence of satisfactory completion (for prosthodontists), or anticipated completion (for residents/graduate students), of an advanced dental education program in prosthodontics recognized and accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) or the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC). 
  • Participants in an accredited postgraduate prosthodontics program (i.e., postgraduate students) undertake a planned sequence of advanced courses and clinical training leading to a master’s or doctoral degree concurrent with a specialty certificate in prosthodontics.
  • Participants in an accredited graduate prosthodontics program (i.e., residents) undertake a planned sequence of advanced courses and clinical training leading to a specialty certificate in prosthodontics.
• Formal application procedures involve submitting a completed application and including all required supplemental documentation.