Registered Dental Technologists (RDT)
For Registered Dental Technologists (RDT), renewal opened on May 1, 2025 to align the renewal year for all three professions, which will run from November 1 to October 31 going forward.
This year, when you renew your practising licence, you will be doing so for the period of June 1, 2025, to October 31, 2025. For subsequent licence renewals, you will be renewing annually before November 1 for a full 12-month period (November 1 to October 31 of each subsequent year).
Registered Dental Hygienists (RDH) and Denturists
Practising Licences expire on October 31, 2025. Renewal opens on September 1 of each year, and closes on October 31 of each year (11:59 pm).
Other Applicants (not current Registrants with the NSRDHDTD)
- Applicants applying for the first time must complete the Application for Registration form. Go to the Registration, Licensing, and Permitting Information webpage and select your profession for further details.
- Applicants who have been previously registered with the NSRDHDTD, or the legacy organizations (CDHNS, DLBNS, NSDTA), must complete the Application for Reinstatement. If you still have access to the NSRDHDTD Registrant Portal, you will find the Application for Reinstatement on the right side of the Main Page.
- If you do not have access to the Registrant Portal, please email info@oralhealthns.ca and provide the following information: You are reinstating, state your profession, and wish to request access to the NSRDHDTD Registrant Portal.
For more information please contact the Regulator at (902) 444-7241 or info@oralhealthns.ca.