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Dental and oral health
Discover everything you need to know about working in oral health in the Northern Territory
Progress your career in dentistry and oral health in the Northern Territory - where the challenges and opportunities are like nowhere else.
Whether you choose to work in the city of Darwin or in the rustic beauty of the Northern Territory’s remote areas, a career as a dental practitioner or dental professional gives you the opportunity to live and work across the Territory. Work in community clinics in urban centres and travel to remote communities while soaking in the rich and diverse Territory landscape.
We’re committed to helping your career growth and professional development with training and ongoing support.
Information is provided for dentists and dental and oral health therapists about Oral Health Services Northern Territory.
For information about free public dental treatment in the Northern Territory, go to Northern Territory Government website.
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Email usCome for the Territory lifestyle, stay for the diversity and career success. As a dental practitioner or dental professional here, you can build your career and explore leadership opportunities across a wide spectrum of practice areas.
You might specialise or lead in any of the following:
- children’s dentistry
- oral health promotion
- preventative dental examinations and cleans
- dental emergency, pain and trauma management
- general restorative dentistry
- endodontic treatment
- exodontia and minor oral surgery
- periodontal treatment
- removable prosthetic services
- management and leadership.
Typical positions in the Territory’s oral health workforce include:
- dentists
- dental therapists
- oral health therapists
- dental prosthetists
- dental assistants.
Establish your career in Australia’s most iconic location. Learn how to make the move to the Northern Territory as a new dentist or oral health graduate.
Are you a new graduate oral health therapist? Submit your interest in positions in the Territory.
NT Health can provide new graduates with the following opportunities:
- mentoring and supervision
- regular in-house education sessions to provide continuing professional education
- Inter-professional Allied Health Early Career program
- new graduate dentist/oral health therapist programs
- support for primary, Fellowship and MRACDS via a generous professional development allowance.
To learn more:
- dentists, read the NTPS Dental Officers 2018-2022 Enterprise Agreement PDF (945.9 KB).
- other oral health practitioners and staff, read the General NTPS – Professional 2021-2025 Enterprise Agreement PDF (4.1 MB).
See a full guide of incentives and benefits.
Explore flexibility with remote health
We provide oral and dental health general and emergency services to all our community health centres, and through mobile dental facilities. Positions for dental officers, dental and oral health therapists, dental prosthetists and dental assistants across the Territory are highly regarded for the experience and skills gained both clinically and culturally.
As an oral health specialist, you have the option of developing your career with clinical leadership, management and safety and quality roles.
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