We work to protect patients and promote confidence in dental professionals by:

• registering qualified professionals,
• setting high standards of dental practice and behaviour,
• quality-assuring dental education,  
• making sure dentists and dental care professionals keep up to date, and
• helping if you want to make a complaint about a dentist or dental care professional.  

You can use the right hand menu to find out more detailed information on any of these areas. We are also modernising the way we regulate the dental profession, to strengthen patient protection and improve confidence in the dental team. You can find out more about this work in Our current reforms.

More detailed information on our current work programme can also be found in our business plan.