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Specialists list Annual Retention Fee

If you currently hold any specialist titles, the fee for specialist annual retention fee for 2010 is £52, in addition to your dentist annual retention fee.

Each specialist list has its own retention fee, so if your name is entered in two lists, you will pay two specialist retention fees - one for each list.

This fee is a stand alone fee per list. If your name is entered in more than one list you can choose whether to retain your name in each list independently.

Example

A dentist is entered in both the Orthodontic and Oral Surgery lists. The annual retention fees for 2010 would be:

Dentist ARF = £438
Orthodontic ARF = £52
Oral Surgery ARF = £52

If that dentist wished to remain entered in both lists, the total ARF would be £542.

Our role is to protect the public. We offer the Specialist Lists as a service to the public, to help the public identify dentists with specialist skills. After careful consideration we introduced these fees to cover the administrative burden of maintaining the Lists and providing both a telephone and e-mail enquiry service for the many enquiries from the public about dental specialists.

If you pay by Direct Debit you will be able to tell us before we claim the annual retention fee whether you wish to retain some or all of your specialties.