An essential prerequisite is that you can provide evidence that you have completed full dental training in accordance with the law of the country in which you completed your training.

Further prerequisites are that

• you have not been guilty of any conduct that would make you unworthy or unreliable to practise the medical profession (reliability),
• you are not unfit in terms of health to practise the profession of dentist (medical fitness) and
• you have the knowledge of the German language required for practicing the profession (knowledge of specialist languages).

The granting of a license to practice medicine or a professional permit requires, among other things, that you have the necessary knowledge of the German language to practice your profession. The 87th Conference of Health Ministers in 2014 agreed in a key points paper on the requirements for knowledge of the German language and how this knowledge can be demonstrated. The following applies:

1. the required German language skills are deemed to be proven for applicants for whom the licensing authority determines without doubt that German is spoken and written fluently (e.g. as a native language) or that the completion of medical, dental, pharmaceutical or psychotherapeutic training (proof of training) was obtained in German.

2. proof of the required German language skills is generally deemed to have been provided if the applicant has completed at least ten years of general schooling at a German-speaking school or has completed at least three years of vocational training in German.

3. if proof is not deemed to have been provided in accordance with 1. or 2. above, the language skills required for practicing the profession shall be deemed to have been demonstrated by submission of a certificate of successful completion of the specialist language test at the Bavarian State Chamber of Dentists.

4 Specialist language tests taken at the Bavarian Dental Association or the competent authority of another state, as well as specialist language tests from other examination institutions, are recognized as proof, provided that it is guaranteed that the examination there is equivalent to the specialist language test at the Bavarian Dental Association. Whether this requirement is met in individual cases must be clarified in advance with the responsible professional licensing office.

Further information on the application procedure can be found in the FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions - Government of Upper Bavaria

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