Apply for license to practice dentistry

• You submit the application for licensure including all required documents to the competent authority.
• The competent authority confirms receipt of the application and the documents and certificates within one month and informs you which documents and certificates are missing.
• The competent licensing authority will check the requirements for licensure.
• After positive completion, you will be sent an Approbation certificate against acknowledgement of receipt or with a certificate of service.

State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care - Koblenz office

The license to practice dentistry is granted upon application if you:

• have completed the prescribed training and passed the state examination.
• have not been guilty of any conduct which would render you unworthy or unreliable to practice medicine
• are not unfit for the practice of the profession from a health point of view,
• have the knowledge of the German language required for the exercise of the profession.

• Proof of identity
• Birth certificate or a current excerpt from the family register of the parents
• if applicable, marriage certificate/registered civil partnership (proof in case of name change)
• Curriculum vitae in table form
• Official certificate of good conduct (document type O)
• The certificate of the dental examination in the original or as a certified copy.
• Declaration as to whether there are any pending criminal or public prosecution proceedings against the applicant.
• Medical certificate, not older than one month, stating that the applicant is not unfit to practice the profession from a health point of view.

Is based on the respective administrative fee regulations of the state or on the fee statutes of the bodies responsible under state law.

200,00 EUR

You do not have to observe any statutory deadlines when submitting your application.

The competent authority shall decide on the application no later than three months after receipt of the required documents and certificates.

• § 2 Law on the Practice of Dentistry (ZHG)

Objection (depending on state law, the objection may be excluded), administrative court action

Forms available: No

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No

There are no clues or specifics.

• Rhineland-Palatinate Dental Association

28.01.2025