All GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS and Dental Care Professionals who practise in the United Kingdom must be registered with the General Dental Council.

This includes, all Dentists, Dental Nurses, Dental Technicians, Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists, Clinical Dental Technicians and Orthodontic Therapists

The General Dental Council Dentists Register lists all dentists registered with the General Dental Council.
The General Dental Council also maintains the General Dental Council Dental Care Professionals Register and the General Dental Council Specialist Lists in Distinctive Branches of Dentistry.

Note: GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBERS vary in length. Filling zeros are used between the prefix and GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER, where required, to maintain total length of eight characters.

For GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS working as a dental CONSULTANT who do not have a GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL REFERENCE NUMBER, the GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER should be used to derive the CONSULTANT CODE, prefixed with "CD".

For further information, please refer to the Dental Consultants in England (PDF) guidance document issued by the Organisation Data Service.

GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER FORMAT

Practitioner Code Type	Character Position								Allocated By	Allocated To	Known As	Notes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9	0-9			General Dental Council	GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, Dental Nurses, Dental Technicians, Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists, Clinical Dental Technicians,  Orthodontic Therapists	GDC	The General Dental Council is a Regulatory Body - all GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS and Dental Care Professionals who practise in the United Kingdom must be registered with the General Dental Council

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL NUMBER
plural	GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBERS