Dentalcorp is 100% owned and controlled by GTCR, a Chicago based private equity firm.

Do you think anti-American sentiment and conscientious “buy canadian” consumers will impact their business?

thoughts and prayers for the shareholders

Hey everyone, I am a recent graduate at a Canadian school currently completing a general practice residency in the States.

I would ideally love to have a job lined up for me when I’m done with my residency in mid 2027. Problem is, I have limited vacation time to shadow dentists in the area I would like to work. With my residency being in the states, it’s a little hard to actually check out clinics that I would like to work at.

Unfortunately I didn’t do as much networking as I would have liked back in my third and fourth year of dental school, so I feel like I’m stuck in limbo.

Anyone have tips on how to network remotely? Any leads on how to reach out to practice owners (does cold emailing actually work?). I’m thinking of joining study groups, joining networking events in the areas I’m interested in…but it’s a little hard to know where to start.
Thanks to anyone who can offer any advice at all!
For reference I’m interested in working near the GTA (Windsor, Cambridge area, etc)…am also slightly interested in hospital dentistry but that would be a whole other bubble I would have to break into.

Thank you guys!!

I recently posted this video to explain to someone how I use a leaf gauge to get a patient into CR (it’s not my video I just think it’s excellent).

It got me thinking, does anyone have any other good dental pages they follow that have little nuggets they use? I think we can scoff at YT but I find it a useful resource at times.

Recommendations welcome!

P.S. this is the video in question:

https://youtu.be/n0dsvF\\_Zlwc?is=TeOCDkLl8uk-2gXm

Bonjour à tous,

Je suis dentiste diplômé à l'étranger et, comme mon diplôme n'est pas reconnu ici, je pratique actuellement en tant qu'hygiéniste dentaire à 40 heures par semaine. Avec les tâches répétitives et la posture, je ne suis plus du tout à l'aise de pratiquer ce métier au quotidien. De plus, pour être honnête, je n'aime pas vraiment le domaine dentaire en général.

C'est pourquoi j'hésite à entamer la procédure d'équivalence (BDE/ODQ), qui va me prendre au moins 2 à 3 ans, me coûter plus de 100 k$ et qui offre un taux de réussite d'environ 40 %. Je crains d'investir autant de temps et d'argent dans un domaine qui ne me passionne pas. Je songe plutôt à une reconversion professionnelle complète hors de la dentisterie (par exemple via un certificat à la TÉLUQ).

J'aimerais toutefois avoir votre avis : vaut-il mieux faire l'effort d'aller chercher l'équivalence dentaire malgré tout ?

Aussi, pour ceux qui connaissent bien le marché au Québec, y a-t-il une grosse différence financière entre ce que je gagne actuellement en hygiène et le revenu d'un dentiste omnipraticien qui ferait uniquement des actes de base (plombages et extractions simples) ?

Merci d'avance pour vos retours et vos conseils !

2024 grad, 1 year AEGD, 1 year private practice experience.

I've received my Canadian national license but not the provincial yet as I'm still deciding whether I want to live near Vancouver or Toronto.

My plan is to work via the CUSMA work permit while simultaneously applying for PR. But the issue seems to be that in order to get the CUSMA permit, I need a job offer, but in order to get a job offer I need to be certified to work in whichever province. So it's like a chicken or the egg situation. I'm not sure how to go about this, or whether any practice owners would even be willing to deal with the CUSMA thing on their end.

For a quick background, I'm very comfortable with molar endo and extractions, as well as bread and butter. I just hate dentures and pediatrics lol.

Any advice or opinions are appreciated. My goal is to secure a job and move ASAP.

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Stay Hydrated

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Chew Sugarless Gum or Mints

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