Registration reports
Annual registration reports
Our annual registration reports provide a snapshot of statistical data on the registration of dentists and dental care professionals from the GDC Registers over a full year, including:
- the total number of dental professionals by title
- the equality and diversity profile of the Registers
- annual statistics relating to additions and removals, and the categories of those changes.
This report supplements the data we provided in our 2020 Annual Reports and Accounts (ARA).
Number of overseas applicants and additions to the register in 2022
Our public protection role includes maintaining a register of dental professions who meet out high standards for safe and effective care, including those who qualify outside of the UK.
Figures detailing the number of people who applied to join our register over the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, and who gained their qualifications outside of the UK, are set out below. You will also find the total number of dental professionals added to our register over the period, and the levels of experience they had at the time of their application.
Dentists
1,348 people applied to join the register as a dentist over the reporting period.
753 people were added to the GDC register as a dentist over the period (from the applications received in the reporting period). Of these:
- 580 held a relevant European diploma in dentistry or a recognised overseas qualification.
- 160 passed the Overseas Registration Exam.
- 13 had qualifications assessed (these applications were made through a now closed route for dependants of persons whose EU qualifications were mutually recognised).
Dentists added to the register had been qualified for the following lengths of time, at the time of their application:
- 661 qualified for one to five years
- 61 qualified for six to 10 years
- 31 qualified for 11 or more years.
Temporary dentists
73 people applied to join the register as a temporary dentist over the reporting period. Temporary registration allows dentists who not eligible for full registration, to work in a supervised post for training, teaching, or research purposes for a limited period of time.
32 people were added to the register as a temporary dentist over the period (these may include applications received before the start of the reporting period). All successful applicants had an overseas diploma in dentistry.
Temporary dentists added to the register had been qualified for the following lengths of time, at the time of their application:
- 5 qualified for one to five years
- 14 qualified for six to 10 years
- 13 qualified for 11 or more years.
Dental care professionals (DCPs)
2,550 applied to join the register as a DCP were received during the reporting period. At the end of the reporting period, there were 1,834 applications yet to be processed.
401 DCPs were added to the GDC register over the period (from the applications received in the reporting period). Of these:
- 36 had a relevant qualification that was not a diploma in dentistry
- 365 had a diploma in dentistry (you can no longer use a diploma in dentistry only for applications to join the register as a DCP, you will need a relevant overseas DCP qualification).
DCPs added to the register had been qualified for the following lengths of time, at the time of their application:
- 145 qualified for one to five years
- 130 qualified for six to 10 years
- 126 qualified for 11 or more years.
Monthly registration reports
Our monthly registrant reports give details about professionals on our registers, including:
- total number of registrants
- types of registrants - including breakdown by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by the registered address
- numbers of dentists on specialist lists.ββ
Please note, these reports provide a snapshot of the register on the date they were published. Due to constant updates, additions, and removals, register numbers change on a daily basis.
From September 2020, monthly registration reports will be published on the 15 of each month to enable a like-for-like comparison. Should the 15 fall outside of normal working hours, reports will be published on the next working day.
Past registration reports
2022
Registration report - 15 December 2022
Registration report - 15 November 2022
Registration report - 17 October 2022
Registration report - 20 September 2022
Registration report - 15 August 2022
Registration report - 15 July 2022
Registration report - 15 June 2022
Registration report - 16 May 2022
Registration report - 19 April 2022
Registration report - 17 March 2022
2021
Registration report - 14 December 2021
Registration report - 15 November 2021
Registration report - 14 October 2021
Registration report - 15 September 2021
Registration report - 16 August 2021
Registration report - 15 July 2021
Registration report - 15 June 2021
Registration report - 17 May 2021
Registration report - 15 April 2021
Registration report - 15 March 2021
2020
Registration report - 15 December 2020
Registration report - 16 November 2020
Registration report - 15 October 2020
Registration report - 15 September 2020
Registration report - 11 August 2020
Registration report - 1 July 2020
Registration report - 1 June 2020
Registration report - 1 May 2020
Registration report - 1 April 2020
Registration report - 1 March 2020
2019
Registration report - 1 December 2019
Registration report - 1 November 2019
Registration report - 1 October 2019
Registration report - 1 September 2019
Registration report - 2 August 2019
Registration report - 1 July 2019
Registration report - 1 June 2019
Registration report - 1 May 2019
Registration report - 1 April 2019
Registration report - 1 March 2019
2018
Registration report - December 2018
Registration report - November 2018
Registration report - October 2018
Registration report - September 2018
Registration report - August 2018
Registration report - July 2018
Registration report - June 2018
Registration report - May 2018
Registration report - April 2018
Registration report - March 2018