Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 3538)
The applicant must have completed the age of twenty-one years.
Applicants must furnish satisfactory proof that they are of good moral character.
The applicant must have finished a four-year high school course as prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction of the Philippine Islands or its equivalent.
The applicant must have received a diploma as either Doctor of Dental Medicine or Doctor of Dental Surgery.
Subjects include anatomy, histology, physiology, bacteriology, chemistry, metallurgy, materia medica and therapeutics, anesthesia, toxicology, physical diagnosis, radiography, general pathology, oral pathology, oral surgery, operative technic, operative clinic, prosthetic technic, prosthetic clinic, crown and bridge work, dental anatomy, comparative dental anatomy, orthodontia, dental protozoology, dental ceramic, hygiene and sanitation, dental jurisprudence, dental economics and ethics.
The school must be incorporated in the Philippine Islands following Corporation Law, follow the four-year course as provided, be inspected and authorized in writing by the Secretary of Public Instruction to confer the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Medicine and issue corresponding diplomas. Alternatively, if the school is outside the Philippines, it must be recognized as reputable by the proper authorities of the country where it is established.
The term 'school' includes colleges, universities, or other institutions of learning.
Dental schools must submit the schedule of classes every semester, one week after classes begin, to the Board of Dental Examiners and the Office of the Commissioner of Private Education.
No, those who are actually enrolled in dental schools or colleges in the Philippine Islands in the year this Act was approved shall not be affected.
This Act took effect upon its approval on November 13, 1929.