Training, continuing education, curriculum: what the words mean
The terms are used loosely. A dentosophy training is not a state-regulated specialisation or a specialist title. It is a structured educational programme: it teaches a model and shows you how to apply it in your professional work.
So what matters is not the label but what is inside: the number of hours, the share of in-person teaching, the size of the group, and what comes after the last module.
Who teaches, and from which discipline?
Dentosophy touches orthodontics, function, breathing and posture. An instructor trained in orthodontics can say more honestly where the method stands on its own and where it does not. So ask about the person behind the programme:
- What qualifications does the instructor hold, and do they use the method in their own practice?
- How long have they been teaching, and how many practices have they trained?
- Is there anything you can verify, such as publications or teaching appointments?
Online, in person, or both?
Theory is easy to learn online, at your own pace and as often as you like. Seeing and testing on a person is not: reading the position of the skull base in a face, assessing a chewing pattern, working with the balancer. That needs in-person time in a small group.
Look at the balance: how many hours are online, how many on site, and how many people sit at the table during the in-person part?
Continuing-education hours and their recognition
Ask how many hours the programme comprises, and whether and where those hours are recognised as continuing education. The rules differ between Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the United States; recognition in one country does not carry over automatically.
When in doubt, ask for written confirmation of what counts for your licensing body or professional society.
The boundary with orthodontics, especially in children
A serious training does not turn every malocclusion into a case for dentosophy. It teaches you to tell when functional work can accompany growth on its own, when it needs orthodontic support, and when a case belongs in orthodontic hands from the start.
Ask whether this is explicitly part of the teaching, and how you learn to explain classification and responsibility to parents in plain terms.
Materials and appliances
Find out which appliances are used and whether a starter set is included. Dentosophy works with the balancer, a soft, removable double mouthpiece made without individual impressions. Ask, too, how the material is used in class: only shown, or tried out yourself?
What a certificate means, and what it does not
A dentosophy certificate confirms attendance of an educational programme. It is not a licence, not a specialist title and not an authority to treat. What you diagnose and treat in your practice afterwards is still governed by your own professional licence.
If a provider promises more, ask.
After the course: exchange, not a one-way street
Most questions only come up with your first own cases. So ask what happens after the last module: are there case discussions, webinars, and an exchange with colleagues and the instructor?