<div>Revalidation will provide, for the very first time, a proactive way of checking that dental professionals carry on meeting our standards after they have joined our registers. </div>
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<div>We plan to introduce revalidation for dentists in 2014. Revalidation will make clear the minimum standards that all dental professionals must meet. </div>
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<div>This is a formal 12 week public consultation starting on 14 October 2010 and closing on 6 January 2011. </div>
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<div>Before responding to the consultation please read the following document as some of the consultation questions make direct reference to sections within it.</div>
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<div><a title="Opens in new window" href="/Dentalprofessionals/Revalidation/Documents/Revalidationconsultationpaper.pdf" target="_blank"><img width="16" height="16" class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/pdf16.gif" alt=""/>Revalidation proposal</a> (290KB, PDF)​</div>