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, or anticipated completion, of advanced specialty education 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.