Regulation of the practice of the dental medicine profession

Type

Law

Number

485

Date of the text

12/12/2002

Official Gazette

published in 2002

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

18

What it provides

This law sets out who counts as a dental practitioner and what dental acts fall within the profession, such as examination, treatment, dental surgery and X-ray use. It makes practice subject to prior authorization from the Minister of Public Health, with qualification requirements for Lebanese and non-Lebanese dentists

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2002. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.