MyGDCORE Part 2
Part 2 is designed for candidates to demonstrate practical clinical skills. All questions in Part 2 are mapped to Preparing for practice: Dental team learning outcomes for registration.
You will be allowed four attempts for the ORE Part 2.
Location and cost
The cost of the exam is £6,967.
Exams will take place at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, Rockefeller Building.
Examination fees are not normally refundable, so please review our ORE refund policy before you make your booking.
Part 2 examination dates
- 10–13 September 2026 (booking opens eight weeks in advance)
- 26–29 November 2026
- 21–24 January 2027
- 4–7 March 2027
- 15–18 April 2027
There will be 144 places for the September 2026 exam.
There will be 200 places available per sitting for exams from November 2026 to April 2027. For more, see the latest information on ORE bookings.
There are four components to Part 2 of the ORE
An operative test on a dental manikin (DM)
Candidates are required to perform three procedures over a period of three hours. These procedures primarily involve the preparation and restoration of teeth, but may also include other procedures where appropriate simulation can allow assessment of operative skills.
An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)
This is where candidates visit a series of stations which test their clinical skills. These may include:
- history-taking and assessment
- communication skills (such as an explanation of problems and treatment plans)
- judgement and decision making
- ethics and attitudes
- clinical examination.
The series of stations may cover aspects of the following:
- behavioural sciences
- human disease
- law
- ethics and professionalism
- clinical dentistry
- restorative dentistry
- paediatric dentistry
- orthodontics
- preventive dentistry
- dental public health
- comprehensive oral care
- oral surgery
- oral medicine
- oral pathology and oral microbiology
- dental radiology and imaging.
A diagnostic and treatment planning exercise (DTP)
This involves an actor who will provide an appropriate history (but will not be examined), together with relevant additional information such as photographs, radiographs, study models or results of other special tests. The exercise may involve any of the above aspects of clinical dentistry.
A practical examination in medical emergencies (ME)
The medical emergencies (ME) assessment consists of two parts:
- a structured scenario-based oral
- demonstration of single handed basic life support.
This will include cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a resuscitation manikin.
Results
Your exam results will be sent to you by email. We will aim to send them to you within 20 working days.
We do not allow appeals about results or disagreements with examiners' decisions.
Policies
If you have booked a place on an exam and need to withdraw, please first review our:
Please also review our guidance for candidates who become unwell before your exam.
If you wish to make a general complaint about the service received, please get in touch.
Failing Medical Emergencies only
If you only fail the medical emergencies (ME) exercise during the ORE Part 2 , you will be able to retake this component only, at a future sitting of Part 2.
The fee for retakes the ME exam only is £686.
If you pass the ME component at that sitting, you will have passed the ORE Part 2. If you fail, you will need to retake the full ORE Part 2, if you are eligible to do so.
The ME exam retake is held at the same time as the full ORE Part 2.
Passing Part 2
Once you have passed Part 2, you will be able to apply for registration with the GDC.