Cert in Dental Reception Skills is a certificate in Health Sciences programme offered by Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 12 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,711 per total (CAD 1,711 per total for local students).
Dental Reception Skills is an in-person short certificate that packs four required courses into a minimum of 12 weeks, offered either as 17 weeks of evening classes or 11 weekend sessions, with new intakes each January, May, and September. Coursework centres on Exan PowerPractice, the practice-management software used in dental offices, alongside electronic insurance submission and other computer-generated office reporting, plus a First Aid certification — general computer skills like word processing aren't taught, so applicants are expected to already be comfortable navigating a computer. There's no formal application process or English test, just a baseline of spoken and written English and comfort learning new software, and students must maintain at least 70% in each course with 50% on final exams to complete the certificate. Langara points to strong Lower Mainland demand for trained dental receptionists and connects graduates with WorkBC resources for resume writing and job searching after they finish.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: There is no formal application process for Dental Reception Skills. Applicants should have basic spoken and written English skills and be comfortable learning new software. To complete the certificate, students must complete all four required courses with a minimum grade of 70% in each course.
Application Details
Start Date:January, May and September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC: for the 2027 entry cycle, applications open 1 February 2026 for Spring (January) entry, 1 June 2026 for Summer (May) entry and 1 October 2026 for Fall (September) entry, then stay open with no fixed closing date until each programme fills or classes begin. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC portal but face fixed closing dates: 30 September 2026 for Spring 2027, 31 January 2027 for Summer 2027 and 31 May 2027 for Fall 2027. A short list of limited-enrolment programmes - Nursing, Advanced Entry BSN, Nursing Practice in Canada, Applied Science for Engineering and the Post-Degree Diploma in Data Analytics - set their own, earlier deadlines that apply to both applicant types. Admission is otherwise rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
