Welcome to the articles homepage which contains a selection of articles on DCP registration, standards, and CPD and revalidation that we have provided to dental and other publications.

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• Who carries the can? - Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive and Registrar of the GDC, explains why the Council is consulting on draft standards for commissioning and manufacturing dental appliances and what this will mean for registrants. This article was first published in the Summer 2008 issue of The Technologist.
  
  
• Meeting the standard - Hew Mathewson, GDC President, provides a glimpse of what dental revalidation will mean for you. This article was first published in the Summer 2007 issue of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland's publication, Summons.
  
  
• Who is allowed to do what? - Janet Collins, Head of Standards at the GDC, outlines the key issues in the Council's scope of practice consultation. This article was first published in the 3 April 2008 issue of Dentistry.
  
  
• CPD for dentists: an update - essential CPD information for dentists. This article was first published in the April 2008 issue of the Dentistry Education Guide.
  
  
• Mind your business - Hew Mathewson offers some essentials from a new guidance document on sound management principles in the 'business of dentistry'. This article was first published in the Spring 2008 issue of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland's publication, Summons.
  
  
• Don't lose the opportunity, register now!! - Edward Bannatyne, GDC Director of Operations, comments on dental technician registration. This article was first published in the March 2008 issue of DentalLab Journal.
  
  
• It's time to talk . . .  - A phone conversation between a dental technician and Duncan Rudkin, GDC Chief Executive and Registrar. This article was first published in the January 2008 issue of The Dental Technician.
  
• Questions and answers: the GDC speaks - questions on dental technician registration answered by the GDC. This article was first published in the January 2008 issue of The Dental Technician.
  
  
• Statutory registration . . . the DLA and the General Dental Council - commonly asked questions on statutory registration are answered by the GDC. This article was first published in the January 2008 issue of DentalLab Journal.
  
  
• All dental techncians must register with the GDC by 30 July 2008, or find something else to do! - Duncan Rudkin, GDC Chief Executive and Registrar, outlines his views on dental technician registration. This article was first published in the January 2008 issue of DentalLab Journal.
  
  
• Salons exposed - illegal tooth whitening is discovered by Which?. This article was first published in the October 2007 issue of Which? Magazine.
  
  
• A profession to the core - Hew Mathewson, GDC President, defines a profession and outlines the role of the Council. This article was first published in the British Dental Journal on 14 April 2007.