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.

Registration report - 2022

Registration report - 2021

Registration report - 2020

Registration report - 2019

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.

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.