Annual Retention Fee (ARF)

The ARF is the fee all dentists and dental care professionals must pay each year to remain on the Dentists Register or Dental Care Professionals Register.

The deadline for all dental care professionals to pay every year is 31 July. The deadline for dentists to pay every year is 31 December.  Letters are sent out ahead of these deadlines with information about the different ways to pay.

You can manage your registration - including your ARF - online at our eGDC website at www.eGDC-uk.org,

If you are applying for registration for the first time, you can see the current application fees here.

If you have any queries about the ARF, please look at our frequently asked questions (FAQs) first. You may find the answer you want straight away.

If you don't find the information you want, please contact the registration team on 020 7344 3740 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm UK time), or email Registration@gdc-uk.org

This year's and last year's Annual Retention and Restoration fees

2010

2009