Registration fees

Dental care professionals

The fee you pay depends on the month you submit your application for registration. For example, if you submit your application in May 2010 you will need to pay a fee of £24. This fee will cover a period of registration up to,and including 31 July 2010. From 1 August 2010, you will need to pay an annual fee to keep your name on the Register.

The following table applies to dental care professionals only. The fees for dentists are shown further down this page.

Fees 2010
January:  £56
February: £48
March: £40
April: £32
May: £24
June: £16
July: £8
August: £96
September: £88
October: £80
November: £72
December: £64

Dentists

The fee you pay depends on the month you submit your registration application to the GDC. For example, if you submit your application in August 2010 you need to pay a fee of £185 for 2009.  The fee covers a period of registration up to and including 31 December 2010.

Fees 2010
January: £438
February: £407
March: £370
April: £333
May: £296
June: £259
July: £222
August: £185
September: £148
October: £111
November: £74
December: £37

How to pay

Payment can be made by credit card/debit card, postal orders or cheque. We accept MasterCard, Visa, Switch, Solo, Electron and Maestro. Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to the General Dental Council - please write your full name on the reverse.

If you are enclosing original documents with your application and would like these returned by recorded delivery please add £10 to your fee.

Current fees

If you are not a first time registrant and/or wish to be restored to the Register, please click here to find the current annual retention fee (ARF) and restoration fee.