Dental therapy and dental hygiene programmes and 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 check 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 Please note that the first report for a programme will not be published until the year the first cohort graduates, or later if an ongoing sufficiency decision cannot be given at that point.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

Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine Dentistry Phone: 02890 633 153

Diploma in Dental Hygiene   Programme and examination report plus observations 2006 (115KB, PDF)

Birmingham

Birmingham Dental Hospital School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy Visit the website

BSc Dental Hygiene and Therapy   Programme and examination report plus observations 2005 (214KB, PDF)

Bristol

Bristol Dental School and Hospital School for Dental Care Professionals Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Therapy   Programme and examination report plus observations 2009 (36KB, PDF) Diploma in Dental Hygiene   Programme and examination report plus observations 2011 (311KB, PDF)

Cardiff

Cardiff University School of Dentistry Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene    Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy     Programmes report plus observations 2005 (152KB, PDF) Examinations report plus observations 2005 (78KB, PDF)   With agreement by the GDC Education Committee, the Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy has been converted to a BSc(Hons) in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy

Defence Dental Services Training Establishment (UK Services personnel only)

Dental Hygienist Training School Defence Dental Services Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene   Programme and examination report plus observations 2008 (97KB, PDF)

Dundee

University of Dundee School of Dentistry Visit the website

BSc in Oral Health Sciences (Hygiene and Therapy)   Programme and examination report plus observations 2007 (100KB, PDF)

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Dental Institute School of Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2008 (86KB, PDF) BSc Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy*

Essex

University of Essex Department of Health and Human Sciences Visit the website

Foundation Degree in Oral Health Science (Hygiene)   Programme report 2008 (99KB, PDF) Assessment report plus observations 2009 (238KB, PDF) Re-inspection report plus observations March 2010 (281KB, PDF) Re-inspection report plus observations Sept 2010 (160KB, PDF) Re-inspection report plus observations Sept 2011 (250KB, PDF)

Glasgow

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School School for Dental Care Professionals Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2005 (74KB, PDF) Examination report plus observations 2005 (49KB, PDF)

Inverness

University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness College Visit the website

BSc in Oral Health Sciences (Hygiene and Therapy)   Programme and examination report plus observations 2011 (204KB, PDF)

Leeds

University of Leeds Leeds Dental Institute Visit the website

Graduate Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2008 (65KB, PDF) Dental therapy examination report plus observations 2008 (278KB, PDF) Dental hygiene examination report 2009 (23KB, PDF) Dental hygiene examination observations 2009 (415KB, PDF)

Liverpool

The University of Liverpool Dental Hospital Visit the website

Combined Diploma in Dental Hygiene/Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2006 (113KB, PDF) BSc (Hons) dental hygiene and dental therapy*

London

Barts and the London Centre for Dental Care Visit the website

Diploma programme in dental hygiene and dental therapy Programme report 2008 (35KB, PDF) Programme observations 2008 (898KB, PDF) Dental therapy examination report plus observations 2008 (43KB, PDF) Dental hygiene examination report plus observations 2008 (31KB, PDF)

London

Eastman Dental Hospital School of Dental Hygiene & Dental Therapy Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2009 (154KB, PDF)

London

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dental Institute Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2007 (128KB, PDF)

Manchester

University of Manchester The School of Dentistry Visit the website

BSc Oral Health Sciences (Hygiene and Therapy)   Programme report 2008 (42KB, PDF) Programme observations 2008 (172KB, PDF) Examination report 2008 (33KB, PDF) Examination observations 2008 (41KB, PDF)

Newcastle

The Dental Hospital School of Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy  Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations 2007 (56KB, PDF) Examination report plus observations 2008 (36KB, PDF)

Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry Visit the website

BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Report plus observations 2007 (235KB, PDF) Examination report plus observations 2008 (63KB, PDF)

Salford

The Greater Manchester School for Dental Care Professionals Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report plus observations (65KB, PDF)   Diploma in Dental Therapy   Programme and examination report plus observations 2011 (482KB, PDF)

Sheffield

University of Sheffield The School of Clinical Dentistry Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy   Programme report 2008 (59KB, PDF) Programme observations 2008 (75KB, PDF) Examination report plus observations 2009 (156KB, PDF)

Teesside

Teesside University School of Health and Social Care Visit the website

BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy*

 

Dental hygiene to dental therapy conversion courses (for qualified dental hygienists only):

Bristol

Bristol Dental Hospital and School School for Dental Care Professionals Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Therapy Dental hygiene to dental therapy conversion course

London

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Dental Institute Visit the website

Diploma in Dental Therapy* Dental hygiene to dental therapy conversion course

 

 * These programmes have been provisionally accepted by the GDC Registrar. A sufficiency decision for a new programme 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 their recommendations have been considered by the Registrar.  Please contact the provider for further information about the programme.