Updating your details

Let us know as soon as there are any changes to your registered details. This includes changes to contact details or your name, as well as your bank details if you pay the annual retention fee by Direct Debit.

You can normally do payment updates or changes to your address or contact details through your eGDC account. You can let us know of any name changes by completing the Notification of change of name form.

Keeping us up to date is vital. If we don't have your correct address or email contact details our communications may not reach you, and you could miss out on important GDC requests and updates.

How can I change my registered contact details?

To change your registered address, email address or phone numbers, simply login to your eGDC account and edit your contact details.

Visit eGDC if you have not yet created an account.

How can I change my registered name?

If your name has changed and you wish to practise under your new name, please download and complete the form.

You should return it to us along with certified copies of documentary evidence such as your marriage certificate or a change of name deed poll. Please do not send original documents.

Please note, we cannot undertake requests to change your registered name by telephone, email, fax or any other electronic method, these requests can only be accepted via post to the below address:

Registration support team
General Dental Council
1 Colmore Square
Birmingham
B4 6AJ

If you require any assistance please contact us.

Your documentary evidence should be certified by a person of professional standing (in any country) such as a:

dentist
dental care professional
doctor
person entitled to practise law
minister of religion
bank/building society official
chiropodist
civil servant
MP
officer of the armed forces
optician
police officer
teacher
pharmacist
or persons of similar standing.

A certified copy is one:

On which the person certifying has confirmed in writing, in English, that they have inspected the original document and that the copy is a true copy; and
Where the person certifying is the head of the applicant’s dental training school or their nominee or the person responsible for supervision of the applicant’s training, or another person of professional standing (in any country) including a dentist, doctor, person entitled to practise law, minister of religion or a civil servant; and
Where the copy bears the name, address and signature of the person certifying it; and
Where the person certifying the document is not the applicant themself, or a member of their family.

Returning your documentary evidence

If you would like us to return your documentary evidence please select one of the two options on the form, indicating whether you would like your documents returned via recorded delivery or standard post.

Please note: Choosing recorded delivery will incur an administration charge of £10, so you will need to enclose a cheque (made payable to the General Dental Council), or provide an email address so that an electronic payment can be requested.

I intend to retire or take a break from the profession, do I need to tell you?

You may remain registered even if you are not working, but please bear in mind your CPD cycle continues regardless of your employment status, as your cycles are set by the date of your first registration. You may wish to apply for voluntary removal if you have ceased practising or if you are retiring. You can remove your name from the register and apply to restore it at a later time. Contact us if you would like to be removed from the register and are not currently subject to fitness to practise proceedings.

If you are going to work abroad, you may need a certificate of current professional status from us.

I registered through experience, how can I add my new qualification to the register?

If you joined the register under the verified competency route and you have now gained a recognised qualification, you can add this to the register.

Please send us a certified copy of your new qualification certificate along with a covering letter confirming your full name and registration number to: UK Registration Team, General Dental Council, 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6ES

Your records will be updated within 10 working days. There is no fee for this service.

I’m already registered, how can I add another DCP title?

If you are already registered and have since qualified in another area, you can request the relevant dental care professional title to be added to the register for a £12 fee.

Please complete all sections of this application form and return it to us. There is no additional Annual Retention Fee for any extra DCP titles you have.

Can I add an additional qualification?

We are not currently adding any additional skills or qualifications* to either the dentist or DCP registers, no matter when they were obtained. This decision was made in October 2007. Since this decision was made we have held consultations in which we sought stakeholders’ views on this issue. This was followed up with further stakeholder workshops covering the issue, and research to determine patients’ views.

Dentists whose additional qualifications were added to the register prior to this decision being taken will retain their listed qualifications on the Register.

_{*Qualifications that are not recognised for registration.}

I am a temporary registrant, how do I extend the length of my registration?

Temporary registration allows dentists who are not eligible for full registration to practise dentistry in the UK in supervised posts for training, teaching, or research purposes only, and for a limited period.

If you are a temporary registrant and your current period of registration has expired, you will need to complete a new application form for your next contract of employment which you can do online by logging in to your eGDC account.