SDA members enjoy special subscription rates for professional indemnity by the Dental protection Limited (DPL) which is a division of Medical Protection Society (MPS). Dental Protection is the acknowledged international leader in dental risk management.
To read about DPL’s services to members, please go to http://www.dentalprotection.org/singapore
The importance of being in the correct membership category.
Members are reminded that it is their personal responsibility to ensure that the correct subscription is being paid in the relevant membership grade at all
times, and to inform the Scheme Administrator or Dental Protection of any changes without delay. Entitlement to assistance and indemnity may be jeopardised if an incident arises when a member is paying an incorrect subscription rate due to being on the wrong membership grade.
Alternatively, you may refer to FAQs at https://www.dentalprotection.org/singapore/for-members/membership-faqs.
Facial Aesthetic Procedures
The “facial aesthetic procedures’ category includes full general dental practice, including (where the member has been specifically authorized in writing by the
Singapore Dental Council), Botulinum Toxin,, Dermal Fillers, and/or wrinkle reduction treatments in the lip, the immediate peri-oral area including the naso-labial folds, glabella, forehead, around the eyes but excluding the neck.
Employer Indemnified
The employer indemnified grade provides membership for dentists whose employer provides indemnity against legal costs and damages in respect of clinical
negligence claims. This grade provides advice and assistance for the following;
- Dental Council proceedings
- disciplinary procedures concerning professional competence or conduct
- Dental inquiries
- complaints procedures
- criminal matters arising directly from professional practice
- ethical matters
- inquests
- Dento-legal problems arising from voluntary work
DPL membership is on an individual basis and would therefore not extend to the clinic.
The placement of dental implants is a specified procedure, for which special conditions apply (see below).
Specified Procedures (Orthodontics)
Fixed or removable orthodontics, in the absence of any specialist training and higher egisterable qualifications in orthodontics.
Specified Procedures (Level 1)
Placing of implants (excluding zygomatic implants) in the mandible or maxilla, including the use of bone grafts but excluding sinus lifts or bone augmentation which involves the floor of the sinus, or extra-oral bone harvesting. This rade also includes fixed or removable orthodontics, in the absence of any specialist training and higher registerable qualifications in orthodontics.
Specified Procedures (Level 2)
Placing of implants in mandible or maxilla, including sinus lifts or bone augmentation which involves the floor of the sinus, but excluding extra-oral bone harvesting.
Specified Procedures (Level 3)
a) one harvesting from anywhere other than the mandible or maxilla
b) Any maxillofacial procedures (see definitions below):
Maxillofacial procedures:
Surgical procedures extending beyond the dento-alveolar procedures as defined above, and falling within the recognised specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery including (but not restricted to) procedures such as:
- Open reduction of complex fractures
- Advanced surgical treatment of malignancy and other pathology
- Osteotomies (maxilla and/or mandible)
- Surgery involving the salivary glands, neck, TMJ or orbital complex
- Rhinoplasty
For Dentist
SDA membership is required to enjoy the scheme rate. If you are not an SDA member, the direct rate applies, and you must contact DPL directly.
- Current SDA member: Please apply online
- Non-SDA member: you may apply for DPL membership together with the SDA membership application.
For Oral Health Therapist (OHT)
SDA membership is optional. Click here to apply for DPL membership
For SDA Membership
Please have these supporting documents ready before starting your online application:
- Photo (JPEG or PNG)
- Proposer’s particulars (DCR number & Full Name)
— this can be your employer, colleague, or friend, but the proposer must be an SDA Life or Ordinary member
- Additional supporting documents based on the membership category being applied.
- For Ordinary membership - Practising certificate (JPEG, PNG or PDF)
- For Associate membership - Practising certificate or Basic dental degree (JPEG, PNG or PDF)
- For Student membership - Student card (JPEG, PNG or PDF)
Got questions?
- Contact us at 6258 9252 or drop us an email at membership@sda.org.sg