Registration & Statutory Examinations For Overseas Dentists.
In order to prepare for dental practice within the UK, you need to contact the following:
Registration (Mandatory)
General Dental Council |
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37 Wimpole Street |
Tel: |
+44 (0) 20 7887 3800 |
London |
Fax: |
+44 (0) 20 7224 3294 |
W1M 8DQ |
Website: |
British Dental Association |
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37 Wimpole Street |
Tel: |
+44 (0)20 7935 0875 |
London |
Fax: |
+44 (0)20 7487 2643 |
W1M 8DQ |
Website: |
Dental Defence Union |
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3 Devonshire Place |
Tel: |
+44 (0)20 7486 6181 |
London |
Fax: |
+44 (0)20 7491 3301 |
W1N 2EA |
Website: |
Immigration & Nationality Directorate |
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Lunar House, |
Tel: |
+44(0) 20 8686 0688 |
Wellesley Road, London |
24hr Info Line: |
+44(0) 9064 71 71 71 |
CR9 2BY |
Website: |
Membership (Voluntary)
Registration For Insurance
Immigration (for non EEA nationals)
You must contact the British Consulate in your own country prior to departure to arrange your work permit/visa. Once in the UK, any further enquiries should be made to:
Statutory Examinations Set By The General Dental Council
If you have qualified in the E.U. there is and, will be, no examination in order to register with the General Dental Council you will receive automatic registration. This automatic registration also applies to Non-E.U. graduates in eligible countries where reciprocal bi-lateral arrangements are in place until 31 December 2000.
For those dentists graduating after January 2001, it will be obligatory for all Non-European Union Nationals, or those who have qualified in dentistry to sit the International Qualifying Exam to gain entry to the UK General Dental Council.
Dentists