Thank you.
We’ve got your request.
Someone from Oxford will call you soon, usually today. Until then, there’s nothing you need to do.
You've already done the hard part.
Deciding is the part people put off for years. Everything after this is smaller than it looks — a conversation, some numbers, a date on a calendar. And you won’t be doing any of it on your own.
WHY THIS WAS A GOOD CALL
Three reasons to feel good about it.
1
Small classes, close instruction
This is a craft, and crafts are learned beside someone who knows them. Graduates say the class size is the reason they got through the exams.
2
You make things with your hands
Wax, acrylic, casts, fit. At the end of a lab day there is something in front of you that was not there in the morning — and it changes how someone eats and smiles.
3
Two paths after graduation — supported either way
Many Denturists go on to own and operate their own practice, and business planning is built into the curriculum from the start. Whether you join an established clinic or open your own doors, Career Services supports the step: employer introductions, résumé and interview preparation, and practice-planning guidance.
DENTURISM
The shape of it, in three numbers.
LENGTH
132 weeks
CAMPUS
Toronto
CREDENTIAL
Diploma
Your advisor will confirm all of this against the current calendar — nothing is fixed until you say so.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE
Two and a half years, from the inside.
EARLY
The first stretch is the science and the materials — head and neck anatomy, occlusion, acrylics and waxes — alongside your first hours at the bench. Almost everyone finds the bench work humbling and then addictive.
MIDDLE
Then it is dentures, start to finish, again and again. Impressions, casts, try-ins, processing, finishing. This is the part graduates talk about years later, because it is where your hands stop asking your head what to do.
LATER
You work with patients under supervision, and the craft becomes a practice. By the end you are preparing for the College of Denturists of Ontario exams, and you already know the work is yours.
YOU'LL BE IN GOOD COMPANY
Nobody in the room got there by accident.
If you are worried you'll be the only one who came to this from somewhere else — you won't be. A typical cohort looks something like this.
Dental lab technicians
People already making the appliances who want to see the patient and own the whole case.
Coming from another trade
Machinists, jewellers, hairdressers — anyone who already earns a living with their hands.
Starting over at 35
Leaving an office, a trade, or another country, with a family at home and a reason to finish.
WHERE IT LEADS
A licence, your own chair, and, if you want it, your own practice.
Denturists in Ontario practise independently. Graduates work in established denture clinics, dental laboratories, long-term care and mobile services, and a good number eventually open a clinic of their own.
Your advisor can talk you through the licensing steps after graduation, and what the first years of practice usually look like.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Three easy things, and none of them hard.
1
An advisor calls you
Usually the same day, from a local Ontario number. Miss it and they'll email and try again — you won't be forgotten.
2
You talk it through
Tuition, funding, campus, and how it fits around the life you already have. Ask anything. Nothing is signed on a phone call.
3
You pick a start date
Whichever intake suits you. The decision stays yours, and the date can move if your circumstances do.
Until then: sit tight. There's nothing you need to prepare, send, or fill in.
I am very happy that I chose Oxford College’s Denturism program. The small class size and the attention of the teachers helped me to graduate and pass my exams.
DM
Dena Miraf
Denturism graduate
IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING
When will someone call?
Usually the same business day. Evenings and weekends roll over to the next working morning.
Am I committing to anything?
No. The call is information, not enrolment. Nothing is signed, nothing is owed, and you can stop at any point.
Should I have anything ready?
Nothing formal. If you know which days you could be on campus in Toronto, mention it — otherwise just come as you are.
Would rather not wait, or something isn't right? Call us and we'll sort it the same day.