Education and training for dental technicians in Europe:

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Education and training for dental technicians in
Europe

• Research and results

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Research including

• 20 EU countries / 12 EU countries

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Research including

• How many years of study for dental technicians in
  EU countries?
• Number of schools for dental technicians
• What are you allowed to do for work by law with
  the diploma?

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Research including

• Value added tax VAT
• How many associations of dental technicians are
  in the country?
• Registration as health workers
• Credit points system to confirm the licence

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Education for dental
technicians

• Secondary school
• Bologna system
• Other system

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Bologna system

• Licence or Bachelor degree BSc
• 3 years
• Master degree MA
• 1 year or 2 years
• Doctorate degree PhD
• 3 years
• ECTS-European Credit Transfer and
  
• Accumulation System

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Years of study for dental
technicians
Country Secondary school BSc MA PhD Other System
Belgium 3 - - - -
Croatia 4 - - - -
Czech Rep. 4 - - - 3
Denmark 2,5 - - - 2
Greece 2 4 2 - -
Italy 5 - - - -
Luxemburg 4 - - - 3(MA)
Netherlands 4 - - - 5-6
Norway 3 - - -
Slovak Rep. - 3 - - -
Slovenia 4 3 - - -
Sweden - 3 1-2 4 -
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Possibility of study
Country YEAR
Belgium 3
Croatia 4
Czech Republic 7
Denmark 4,5
Greece 8
Italy 5
Luxemburg 4
Netherlands 9 or 10
Norway 3
Slovak Republic 3
Slovenia 7
Sweden 9 or 10
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Private/National
Country Secondary school BSc MA PhD Other System
Belgium N - - - -
Croatia P/N - - - -
Czech Rep. N - - - P/N
Denmark N - - - N
Greece P/N N N - -
Italy P/N - - - -
Luxemburg N - - - N
Netherlands N - - - P
Norway N - - -
Slovak Rep. - P - - -
Slovenia N N - - -
Sweden - N N N -
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Number of schools
Country Second. school BSc MA PhD Other System Population / milions
Belgium 11 - - - - 10,4
Croatia 6 - - - - 4,4
Czech Rep. 11 - - - 9 10,9
Denmark 1 - - - 1 5,5
Greece 20 1 1 - - 10,4
Italy 52 - - - - 58
Luxemburg - - - 0,5
Netherlands 2 establ. - - 16,7
Norway 1 1 - - - 4,6
Slovak Rep. - 1 - - - 5,4
Slovenia 1 1 - - - 2
Sweden - 4 4 4 - 9
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Work by law with the diploma

• Belgium
• Secondary school (Sec.s.)
• all dental technicians by prescription of
  dentists, dental surgions and maxillofacial
  surgeons
• Croatia
• Sec.s. as dental technician

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Work by law with the diploma

• Czech Republic
• Sec.s. as dental assistant
• Other system (Oth.s.) as dental technician
• Denmark
• Sec.s. no patients work
• Oth.s. work with patients

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Work by law with the diploma

• Greece
• Sec.s. as dental assistant
• BSc manager in dental laboratory
• MA academic career
• Italy
• Sec.s. as dental technician

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Work by law with the diploma

• Luxemburg
• Sec.s.
• Oth.s.
• Netherlands
• Sec.s. nothing you can do without the diploma
• Oth.s. as dental technician

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Work by law with the diploma

• Norway
• Sec.s. as dental technician
• BSc manager in dental laboratory,
• assistent in high school,
• works you are qualificated for in
  education
• for dental technician
• Slovak Republic
• Sec.s. /
• BSc as dental technician

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Work by law with the diploma

• Slovenia
• Sec.s. as dental technician
• BSc manager in dental laboratory,
• assistent in high school,
• works you are qualificated-pretentiousn
  ess
• prosthetics work
• Sweden
• Sec.s. /
• BSc ,MA, PhD as dental technician
• everything according to
  directive 93/42
• EEG

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Value added tax in
Country Incoming VAT Yes No Outcoming VAT Yes No
Belgium 21 0
Croatia 23 0
Czech Republic 10 in 20 0
Denmark 25 0
Greece 23 or 9 0
Italy 4 metalteeth 20 other material 0
Luxemburg
Netherlands 19 0
Norway 8 -25 0
Slovak Republic 20 0
Slovenia 20 0
Sweden 25 0
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Associations of dental
technicians
Country Associations Population / milions
Belgium 1 10,4
Croatia 1 4,4
Czech Republic 1 10,9
Denmark 1 5,5
Greece 1 10,4
Italy 5 58
Luxemburg 1 0,5
Netherlands 2 16,7
Norway 1 44,6
Slovak Republic 1 5,4
Slovenia 1 2
Sweden 1 9
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Registration as Health workers
Country Yes No
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Greece
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands This year
Norway
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Sweden
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Credit points to confirm the
licence
Country yes no Credit points / years
Belgium
Croatia 60/6
Czech Republic 40/6
Denmark
Greece
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands Next year
Norway
Slovak Republic 50/5
Slovenia
Sweden
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EHEA

• European Higher Education Area
• Mean to ensure more
• Comparable
• Compatible
• Coherent system of higher
• Education in Europe

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. . .

• If you think, what you always think,
• and do, what you always do,
• then you will get, what YOU always get.
• (Nikola
  Tesla)

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Mirjana Zagoricnik
• Venice, May, 2011