Annual Retention Fee (ARF)

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

You can pay the ARF by Direct Debit by sending us a completed Direct Debit mandate form. Just click on the Direct Debit mandate form link on the right to download a form.

Paying the ARF by Direct Debit will save you time, as well as the worry of failing to pay the ARF on time.  Paying by Direct Debit also allows us to keep the ARF as low as possible by reducing our costs, as the fee to the GDC for a Direct Debit transaction is less than that for other payment methods.

If you would like to set up a Direct Debit in time for the 2009 ARF collection, please return the completed form by 30 September 2008.

The ARF will be deducted from your UK bank account in late November/early December each year and will be taken as one sum.

Click here to see the fees for 2009 and 2008.

If you are registered solely as a dental nurse or a dental technician, you are due to pay your first ARF at the end of July 2009. The application fee that you paid to register for the first time during the transitional period (31 July 2006 to 30 July 2008) covers you for your first year of compulsory registration (31 July 2008 to 31 July 2009).

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

If you have any queries about the ARF, please look at our Frequently Asked Questions first. You may find the answer you want straight away. If you don't find the information you want, you can contact the Income Collection Team by phone on 020 7009 2720 (Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17.00 UK time), or by email ICT@gdc-uk.org