Qualification of dentists and dental care professionals
Following a freedom of information request for qualifications of dentists and dental care professionals, the GDC provided the following information.
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Following a freedom of information request for qualifications of dentists and dental care professionals, the GDC provided the following information.
Thank you for your request for information dated 04 April 2022 regarding the number of people enrolled on to the ORE candidate list for part 1 from 2010 to now by their country of origin.
Pass rate of the Overseas Registration Exam in the last five years and country of qualification.
I write further to my email of 29 April 2022 acknowledging your request for information regarding dental therapists and hygienists in England and the UK.
Overseas dentists registered with the GDC as dental hygienists and therapists between January 2021 and January 2022.
The ratio of registered dentists to the UK population.
I write further to my email of 23 June 2022 acknowledging your request for information regarding the regional breakdown of dentists.
Thank you for your request for information dated 21 March 2022 regarding the number of Bulgarian Dentists working in the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your request for information dated 12 June 2022 asking how many of the 42,527 Dentists registered are non-specialists.