What do the terms on the on-line registers mean?

Registered

This means that someone is registered with us. By law, professionals who provide dental care must be registered with us in order to work in the UK.

Registered with Warning

If we have received a complaint about a dental professional and it has been decided that it does not require a public hearing, a warning can be issued to a dental professional pointing out that they must address specific failings identified in the complaint.

For more information on a particular dental professional's warning, please contact Fitness to Practise on 020 7009 2701 or email fitnesstopractise@gdc-uk.org

Registered with Conditions

If a dental professional’s fitness to practise has found to be impaired they can be registered with conditions. This means that the dental professional must comply with conditions for a given period and after that time be able to demonstrate how they are fit to practise unrestricted.

Suspended

If a complaint about a dental professional is referred for a public hearing, in the interests of the public, the professional can be suspended from the register – and stopped from practising - pending the outcome of the public hearing.

or

Where a dental professional’s fitness to practise has been found to be impaired, (either due to their performance, conduct or health), their registration can be suspended for any period considered appropriate, and for up to 12 months. This means that they cannot practise dentistry during this time. The suspension can be extended for a further 12 months if necessary.

More information

For more information on a particular dental professional’s registration status or conditions, you can either:

• visit the hearings' pages of our website, which detail the recent determinations of the GDC’s Professional Conduct, Performance and Health Committees, or
• contact the GDC on 020 7887 3800 or email hearings@gdc-uk.org

More information about the Council’s fitness to practise procedures is also available here.