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Dental technology programmes and qualifications
Dental technology programmes and qualifications

Dental technology programmes and qualifications

In the table below are details of qualifications leading to registration with the GDC as a dental technician. You will also find the details of the schools which offer programmes in these qualifications.

Registering with the GDC

If you wish to register with us, please check your qualification is listed below. If this is the case, you can then apply for registration. If you hold an older qualification not listed below, please contact the Customer Advice and Information Team.
 
If you have qualified outside the UK, please follow your route to registration.

Inspection reports

Underneath the details for each school are links to the most recent GDC inspection reports for each programme. Please note that the first report for a programme will not be published until the year the first cohort graduates, or later if an ongoing sufficiency decision cannot be given at that point. At the end of each report are observations received from the school on the contents of the report and any requirements and recommendations made by the GDC. Find out more about the GDC inspection process.
 
Belfast

School of Dentistry

School of Dental Technology
 

Email the School: patrick.mcelwee@belfasttrust.hscni.net

 
BTEC National Diploma in Dental Technology
 
 
Birmingham
Birmingham Metropolitan College
 
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology**
 
  
BTEC Extended Diploma in Dental Technology*
 
Cardiff
Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly University of Wales Institute)
Cardiff School of Health Sciences
 
BSc (Hons) Dental Technology
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology
 
 
Edinburgh
Telford College
 
Diploma in Dental Technology
 
 
Leeds
Leeds Dental Institute
School of Dental Technology
 
Diploma in Dental Technology
 
 
Liverpool
Liverpool Community College
 
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology**
 
 
London
Lambeth College
 
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology**
 
 
BTEC Extended Diploma in Dental Technology*
 
Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University
Centre for Dental Technology Studies
 
BSc (Hons) Dental Technology
 
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology
 
 
Nottingham
South Nottingham College (formerly Castle College)
 
Foundation Degree in Dental Technology**
 
 
Sheffield
The Sheffield College
 
BTEC National Diploma in Dental Technology
 
 
BTEC Extended Diploma in Dental Technology*
 

 

* These programmes have been provisionally accepted by the GDC Registrar. A sufficiency decision for new programmes is not made until the first cohort has completed its studies and examinations or assessments and the programme has been inspected by the GDC and the inspection teams recommendations have been considered by the Registrar.  Please contact the provider for further information about the programme.
 

 

**The Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Nottingham colleges offer a Foundation Degree Dental Technology programme. This programme is awarded by De Montfort University.