Apply for recognition of foreign professional qualifications (EU/EEA/Switzerland) as a specialist dentist
Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen (EU/EWR/Schweiz) als Fachzahnarzt/-ärztin beantragen
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
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Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• License to practice medicine/ approbation service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325427/
You must already have a state professional license (approbation) valid in Germany as a dentist or a professional permit.
• Equivalence of your professional qualification service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325443/en/
If your degree is not automatically recognised, you must provide evidence of the equivalence of your professional qualification as a medical specialist.
Documents you need
• Application for recognition
You can submit an application online or informally in writing by post.
• Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae in tabular form with details of further education and professional experience completed
• Proof of identity
Identity card or passport
• License to practice medicine or professional permit
Proof of German licence to practise medicine or professional permit and proof of equivalent level of training
• Proof of qualifications
Continuing education certificates and certificates of professional practice
• Declaration on previous professional recognition procedures
Declaration as to whether you have already submitted an application for recognition to another dental association
• More documents
Die folgenden Dokumente brauchen Sie nur You only need to hand in the following documents if the competent authority asks you to do so:
• *Certificate of Conformity
or
• Evidence that you have actually and lawfully practiced the profession for at least 3 consecutive years during the last 5 years before the certificate was issued
• German translation
If your documents are not available in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. The translations must be done by translators who are publicly appointed or authorised.
Fees
EUR 100,00 to EUR 640,00 Euro, per effort
Legal basis
• Further training regulations of the Berlin Dental Association § 6 www.zaek-berlin.de/dateien/Content/Dokumente/Zahn%C3%A4rzte/
• Berlin Health Professions Chamber Act (Bln HKG) § 36 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=HeilBKG_BE_!_36
• Schedule of Fees of the Berlin Dental Association www.zaek-berlin.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Allgemeiner_Ordner/Ge
Processing time
Usually within 3 months after receipt of the complete documents.
Further information
• Berlin Professional Qualifications Assessment Act (BQFG Bln) § 9 - § 13 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQFGBEV2P9
• Reference dates in Annex V point 5.1.2. of Directive 2005/36/EC eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.
• Informationen zur Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen auf dem Portal Anerkennung in Deutschland www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php
• Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (BQ-Portal) www.bq-portal.de/en
• Finanzielle Hilfe im Anerkennungsverfahren www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support.
• Öffentlich bestellte Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer in Deutschland www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/en/
• Information on the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/
Who is responsible
The application for recognition of a foreign professional qualification as a specialist dentist must be submitted to the Zahnärztekammer Berlin (dental association).
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Zahnärztekammer Berlin
- Anerkennungsstelle für Fachzahnarztqualifikationen
Original
German originalOfficial English page
Service number 331263 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331263/