Georgian College offers HD in Denturism (Online, Halifax cohort), a higher diploma in Dentistry programme in Barrie, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 13,534 per semester (CAD 6,467 per semester for local students).
This program builds knowledge matched to the scope of practice of a denturist as a regulated health-care profession, including work toward helping clients achieve a confident smile. Decisions, judgments and interventions are guided by a problem-solving framework grounded in current theory and research, with emphasis on interprofessional education and collaborative work within an oral health-care team. Clinical training spans immediate dentures, implants, and complete and partial prosthetics, and students use design software, scanners, printers and mills to fabricate digital dentures. The curriculum also covers legal and ethical responsibilities and business practices tied to self-employment, preparing graduates for independent practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Georgian College's own admission-requirements page for Denturism, which also describes the online Halifax cohort available only to domestic students residing in Atlantic Canada, asks for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status, plus Grade 12 English (C or U), Grade 12 Mathematics (C or U), Grade 12 Chemistry (C or U) or Grade 11 Chemistry (U), and Grade 11 or 12 Biology (C or U). Mature applicants without an OSSD and non-secondary-school or home-schooled applicants can also be considered through equivalent courses, upgrading, a completed GED, or equivalency testing. The page states no standardized English-language test scores. Before placement, students need a clear criminal reference check and vulnerable sector check, plus current First Aid and CPR ('HCP') certification, and graduates must register with the College of Denturists of Ontario to practise in Ontario.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date for Georgian's highly competitive programs, which now covers Fall 2027, Winter 2028 and Summer 2028 entry, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats last; offers of admission for this 2026-2027 cycle must be accepted by 1 May 2027. Programs outside the highly competitive list carry no equal-consideration date and are assessed on a rolling basis year-round. International applicants apply directly through Georgian's own portal with no published closing date and are assessed on a rolling basis while seats remain, though Georgian warns a program open when applied to may close before assessment. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
