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Course details

Prepare to work as a dentist in the Netherlands or Belgium. Practice job interviews, learn about local regulations, and train for daily situations in the clinic.

Who is this course for?

  • Foreign-trained dentists preparing to work in the Netherlands or Belgium
  • Dentistry graduates applying for internships or residencies in Dutch-speaking clinics
  • EU and non-EU professionals needing to pass language or professional integration requirements
  • Dentists looking to improve their professional Dutch for clinical use
  • Anyone preparing for job interviews or workplace integration in a dental context

What you will learn

  • Communicate confidently with patients and colleagues in Dutch clinical settings
  • Conduct patient intake and explain treatments using appropriate vocabulary
  • Understand and discuss Dutch or Belgian healthcare regulations relevant to dentistry
  • Successfully handle a job interview for a dental position in the Netherlands or Belgium
  • Use Dutch in everyday situations in a dental clinic (appointments, emergencies, tools)
  • Read and complete common administrative and medical forms in Dutch
  • Recognize and use formal and informal registers appropriately
  • Gain cultural awareness specific to working in Dutch-speaking healthcare environments

This course in short

  • You are prepared to work in the Netherlands.
  • You study with a mix of self study with assignments, and conversation classes.
  • Your personal teacher guides you and prepares your curriculum.
  • Follow your progress in our portal.

Pricing

Start in the learning portal. Add a teacher when you are ready.

Self-study

Learn whenever you want, 30 minutes a day.

From €1.50/month

  • Progress tracking
  • Printed book for offline study
  • Audio, video and AI corrections
Start self-study
  • 1 month €14.99 €14.99/month
  • 3 months €24.00 €8.00/month Save €20.97 (47%)
  • 6 months €34.50 €5.75/month Save €55.44 (62%)
  • 12 months €45.48 €3.79/month Save €134.40 (75%)
  • 48 months €72.00 €1.50/month Save €647.52 (90%)

Course schedule

Study when you want, and book a teacher around your work.

  • Self-study 24/7, online and offline
  • Classes around your work schedule
  • No fixed group times
  • Book a class when you are ready

Curriculum

Profession-specific modules to combine with any level course (A1–B2).

Learning objectives

  • Answer common interview questions
  • Ask about terms and conditions, working hours and available roles
  • Use expressions to show interest and highlight your adaptability

Video/audio

  • What to expect as a dentist in the Netherlands

Learning objectives

  • Identify the documents needed to register as a dentist
  • Analyse an employment contract
  • Understand how to register with the national dental authority

Video/audio

  • Professional liability insurance for dentists

Learning objectives

  • Lead a professional presentation and take your first X-rays
  • Carry out a full oral examination using the examination instruments (mirror, probe and tweezers).
  • Explain to the patient how the consultation will proceed and what they can expect at the first appointment.

Video/audio

  • Routine check-up

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of the teeth
  • Dental anatomy structures (tooth and periodontal anatomy)
  • Identify teeth by number and name using the FDI system

Video/audio

  • Tooth sensitivity

Learning objectives

  • Explain how tooth decay occurs
  • Identify tooth decay through accurate clinical diagnosis.
  • Describe the key steps involved in getting a dental filling.

Video/audio

  • Identifying and treating cavities

Learning objectives

  • Introduce your child at their first dental appointment
  • Use techniques to help the child feel at ease during the appointment
  • Explain the main treatments in paediatric dentistry

Video/audio

  • Welcoming a child

Learning objectives

  • Endodontics and endodontic re-treatment
  • Describe the instruments and stages involved in endodontic treatment
  • Inform the patient about the risks, aftercare and follow-up after endodontic treatment.

Video/audio

  • Endodontic protocol for the assistant

Learning objectives

  • Explain the difference between a routine clean and scaling and root planing.
  • Instruments and clinical protocol
  • Educate the patient on personalised oral hygiene for periodontal maintenance

Video/audio

  • Treatment of periodontitis

Learning objectives

  • When and how teeth are removed (including wisdom teeth)
  • Provide instructions after extraction to avoid complications.

Video/audio

  • Preoperative questions and postoperative instructions

Learning objectives

  • Explain when to use crowns, bridges, inlays (onlays) and ceramic veneers.
  • Compare the pros and cons of different materials (zirconia, porcelain-fused-to-metal, metal) by location, bite force and aesthetics.
  • Know the basic instruments for tooth preparation, impressions, provisional restorations and cementation in fixed prosthodontics.

Video/audio

  • Choosing the crown

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish between removable partial dentures (metal framework), acrylic dentures and full dentures, including their indications.
  • Present the pros and cons of each option and the criteria for choosing between them.
  • Read the hygiene and care instructions for removable dentures.

Video/audio

  • Solution for an unstable denture

Learning objectives

  • Identify anatomical structures and clinical signs on a panoramic X-ray
  • Explain the diagnosis and treatment plan to the patient using the panoramic X-ray.
  • Propose prosthetic rehabilitation options tailored to the case and the patient.

Video/audio

  • Analysis of a panoramic radiograph

Learning objectives

  • Common dental emergencies
  • Simulate a clinical emergency, including an accurate diagnosis and clear treatment steps

Video/audio

  • Emergency appointment

Learning objectives

  • Identify the different rooms in the clinic
  • Organise the clinic to improve operational efficiency and patient experience
  • Explain to the patient who does what at the dental practice.

Video/audio

  • Tour of a dental practice

Learning objectives

  • Communicating with the chair and reception (workflow and priorities)
  • Signals, checklists and quick feedback to keep the team aligned
  • Managing messages between the healthcare provider and the assistant

Video/audio

  • Welcoming new patients

Learning objectives

  • Vocabulary for requesting fixed or removable dental prosthetics
  • Write clear instructions (materials, colour, design and any adjustments) for the prosthetics specialist
  • Manage the back-and-forth with the laboratory

Video/audio

  • Clinical protocol and communication between dentist and dental laboratory

Learning objectives

  • Legal and regulatory requirements for prescribing
  • List the standard medications used in dentistry for a given clinical scenario
  • Explain the dosages and contraindications to the patient.

Video/audio

  • Guide for writing a medical prescription in the Netherlands

Learning objectives

  • Write a professional letter to a specialist colleague
  • Summarise the patient’s medical history, diagnosis and reason for referral

Video/audio

  • Writing a request for an interconsultation

Learning objectives

  • Understand how the national healthcare system works
  • How dental treatments are coded and billed in national healthcare systems
  • The legal responsibilities of a registered dentist

Video/audio

  • The Dutch system for billing and reimbursement of healthcare

Learning objectives

  • Types of cover (operational)
  • Public reimbursement schemes and patient co-payments

Video/audio

  • Billing rules and reimbursements for dental treatments

Learning objectives

  • The principles of the dental code of conduct
  • Read and understand selected sections of the code of conduct

Video/audio

  • Billing of dental treatments

All levels

Includes access to all levels

Dutch A1
Dutch A1
Dutch A2
Dutch A2
Dutch B1
Dutch B1

Course certificate — Progress report of mastered topics. Teacher verification in classes. Aligned with NT2.

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Personalized tasks and hand-ins

Your teacher sets personalized tasks—and the app adapts exercises to your level and the areas you find hardest.

Learning portal

Study online or offline with PDF downloads, interactive exercises, audio, video, and AI-powered writing feedback.

Structured learning paths

Follow clear paths from A1 to C1, plus professional courses tailored to your goals.

Conversation classes

Every teacher is personally screened and trained to teach with our learning portal—so your classes match your course and progress.

Offline worksheets (PDF, translated)

Download the full e-book as PDF, or print any lesson as a translated worksheet.

Quality guarantee

We partner with universities and align every course with official learning programs—for reliable, recognized learning.

Learn with real content (news, podcasts…)

Practice with real news articles and podcasts—immersive content that prepares you for everyday language.

Full-skill training: listening, reading, writing, speaking

Train all four skills: listening and pronunciation with audio, reading with authentic texts, writing with AI feedback, and speaking in your classes.

Course materials trusted by official libraries and bookshops

Our books are sold in bookshops across Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, and beyond—and approved by public libraries.

Academic collaboration with universities

Course plans are co-developed from our Valencian office with multiple European universities.

Student reviews of our Dutch lessons

  • 4.6/5
4.6 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

Colleagues recommended coLanguage for professional Dutch. Blended mode: book at home, portal for writing practice.

Rachel E.
Helsinki, Finland
Self-study
  • 4.9/5

Our HR team liked the activity reports. I study Dutch self-paced and add conversation classes when travel allows.

Claire D.
Lyon, France
Blended learning
  • 4.7/5

Clear structure from A1 upward. AI corrections in the portal save time; I still work through the printed units.

David R.
Berlin, Germany
Blended learning
  • 4.4/5

Our partners

We thank our partners for the support we receive for developing our online school.

We proudly work with Lanzadera, a Spanish accelerator program in Valencia.

The university of Siegen helps us to develop and design our education systems and programs.

Our IT systems are powered and supported by the Google Cloud team

We collaborate with universities all across the European Union to develop our course materials, thanks to the Erasmus+ Program.

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