The Dental Council of Hong Kong

Registration of Dentists Registration RequirementsSpecial Registration (Part 5 of the General Register)

Registration of Dentists

According to section 9K of the Dentists Registration Ordinance, the following persons may apply for special registration –

the applicant has been selected for full-time employment as a person with special registration in a Schedule 5 institution;
the applicant has obtained a recognized non-Hong Kong qualification;
either—
1. the applicant has been awarded a Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine in the specialty of dental surgery; or
2. the Academy of Medicine has certified that the applicant has attained a professional standard equivalent to that recognized by the Academy for the award of a Fellowship of the Academy in the specialty of dental surgery;
the applicant has had adequate and relevant full-time post-qualification clinical experience;
unless the applicant is a person with limited registration or a person with special registration when the application is made, or was such a person at any time before the application is made—the applicant is registered as a dentist under the law of a place outside Hong Kong;
the applicant has not been refused, under section 7A(3) of the Ordinance, to take the Licensing Examination; and
the applicant is of good character.

Note:

Schedule 5 Institutions include Department of Health, Hospital Authority, The University of Hong Kong and The Prince Philip Dental Hospital.

In approving an application, the Dental Council—

must specify a period not exceeding 3 years during which the registration is to be in force; and
may impose any condition that the Dental Council considers appropriate.