Becoming a dentist in Victoria can be achieved by passing a Bachelor 
of Dental Science Degree at La Trobe University campus in Bendigo. 
Latrobe University requires five years of study. The University of 
Melbourne Master of Dentistry is a four year course, completed after a 
three year undergraduate degree. The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry 
and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne anticipates the 
first intake in the Masters course to start in 2011.

A student must score equal, or above, 35 in the compulsory subjects of English and Chemistry. A score of, or above, 35 must also be achieved in one of either maths methods, specialist maths or physics. All undergraduate student applicants must sit a UMAT test, which is the same as that required for University of Adelaide or the University of Western Australia. There is no need to study for this test of general questions.

As with every career choice made in this work environment, negotiating working hours comes down to personal discussions with potential employers. Many women dentists find family commitments can be balanced with altered, perhaps reduced, working hours. Many of the female graduates who have chosen to have children have been able to work reduced hours to suit commitments. Other creative colleagues have even proven themselves capable of balancing work weeks greater than 40 hours with help from partners and employed staff.

The Australian Dental Association, Victorian Branch; newspaper 
advertisements; specialised employment agencies in the dental field; 
and word of mouth; all play a part in providing employment for all 
dentists.

Yes. Many female dentists have successfully set themselves up as their own bosses. (Quite hard task masters on themselves.) This has provided them with a flexibilty of working hours condusive to life style considerations.