'Came to Canada as a student and now...': Indian Redditor's post on failing to clear dentist exam viral

The post of an Indian-origin Canadian went viral as the person said even after practising in India as a dentist for two years, after his degree, they could not clear the dental equivalence exams in Canada. "9 years later, still in clinical dental team but unable to clear exams and lost hope to live here in Canada. My parents and my support systems are in India," the Redditor wrote, announcing that it's time to move back from Canada to India, though the person got Canadian citizenship.

"Came to Canada as a student with student loan and now leaving as a Canadian Citizen with ~$50,000 debt," the person wrote triggering a debate on how difficult or different the exam must be in Canada.

"Although I became a Canadian citizen and got OCI, couldn’t leave dentistry (still strong in clinicals with more advanced knowledge which I highly doubt I would have learnt if I stayed where I was) as that’s all my mind goes to even though I pursued pg clinical research in Canada," the person wrote.



The Redditor explained that the exams in Canada are difficult, though many people clear them and some take a very long time. "Ppl do clear these tuf exams and some take a very long time but I realised its not for me anymore. Also seeing parents, family, friends every three years sucks. I know ppl will comment asking why can you not make friends here etc and why not this why not that. I am leaving Canada to be close to my family, to regain my mental health and work hard for my growth," the person wrote.

The person explained that living expenses take away most of the income and people are left with crumbs though there are many who still manage a way to the top, but Canada has an invisible loop for some people.

One Redditor explained how the medical systems are different. "The doctors trained in India are equally talented. But the training is very different from developed countries. The good students in India end up in government colleges with limited resources ( unless you're in aiims, jipmer, etc). So what we learn is how to use that limited resource to serve the population to the best of our ability," the person explained. In developmed countries, there is no limitation in material but you are limited by law, ethics and standard of practice, the person added.