eGDCStandards and guidance
This section contains formal GDC guidance and other information for dental professionals.
Standards for the Dental Team Guidance on indemnity and insurance
Standards for the dental team
Standards of conduct, performance and ethics that govern you as a dental professional.
Our Standards for the dental team
Guidance on Scope of Practice
The Scope of Practice sets out the skills and abilities each registrant group should have.
More about Scope of Practice
Guidance on Indemnity and Insurance
Dental professionals must have indemnity or insurance in place before they practise.
Our guidance on indemnity
Principles for complaint handling
A set of universal principles for handling complaints from patients about dental professionals.
More about complaint handling
Other guidance for dental professionals
Guidance to help dental professionals in their role, including duty of candour and medical emergencies.
More guidance for dental professionals
Promoting professionalism
Professionalism: a mixed-methods research study was commissioned by the GDC to provide a comprehensive study of professionalism in healthcare and dentistry.
More about Promoting professionalism