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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / August 2005Do UK dentist HAVE to be qualified
Do UK dentists *have* to be qualified (ie BDS) to practice dentistry in the uk? Sorry if this is a dumb question only my excellent dentist of 30 years has just retired and I'm trying to find a new one. I had some very bad experiences with dentists as a child and I guess am a bit apprehensive even now. Is there perhaps an online register I can look up a dentists qualifications, given just a name. Thank you. Isn't the licensing bureau online somewhere where you can get a specific answer like this? Maybe Dr. George would care to comment, as he is in the UK.  Signature~+--~+--~+--~+--~+-- Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S. Michigan, USA .................................................... This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only. Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect your health. ...................... > Do UK dentists *have* to be qualified (ie BDS) to practice dentistry in > the uk? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > given just a name. > Thank you. >Isn't the licensing bureau online somewhere where you can get a specific >answer like this? > >Maybe Dr. George would care to comment, as he is in the UK. I hope Dr George's will followup on my query, I've just found a new practice (2 dentists) that on the door has, 1) FMDU (I *think* I got this right!) 2) Gothenburg (and a year) 1) I can't find anything on the web about it. I guess 2) is where he qualified - but no qualification I can see This practice is actively looking for patients while most other practices are full. As it's a new practice I suppose they are building it up - but does seem to be against the flow. No sign of a BDA anywhere. > 1) FMDU (I *think* I got this right!) > 2) Gothenburg (and a year) No ideas here Hi Dave, All dentists in the UK must be qualified and registered with the GDC. If you visit the GDC site www.gdp-uk.org as letsconnect has suggested, you can enter the name of a dentist (the official name, sometimes they have middle names so it's better to search by surname) to see if they're registered. Not all dentists belong to the BDA, which is sort of a trade union more than a regulatory body. BDS would be the title for a UK-qualified dentist, but there are a lot of titles out there, especially for foreign dentists. My advice: go private. George Yes they have to be qualified, and they MUST be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) to practice dentistry. The GDC's website is http://www.gdc-uk.org/ You can search the registers and rolls there. The BDA (British Dental Association) have a find-a-dentist section here: http://www.bda.org/bdaplus/quicknav_bdaplus.cfm?PID=weblinks.cfm&CONTENTID=903 The dentists listed here (BDA members) can also be searched by specialty (and specialties are listed under individual dentists). The best way of finding a dentist is by asking friends, acquaintances, family members or colleagues for recommendations. Forgot to add: keep an eye out for dentists who participate in the DenPlan Excel or BDA Best Practice schemes, they're generally a good bet. Oops, that should've read Good Practice scheme. >Oops, that should've read Good Practice scheme. Thanks to all for the replies - much appreciated. One of the dentists I've now been able to find - he's listed as having an LMD (Portugal). Maybe that's their BDS equivelant. I had a crown done in Brecon Wales, problem showed up a year later when another dentist pointed out a pocket in the casting that was a food trap... segue to advice that the adjacent tooth needed a root canal; no pain though, that was 20 years ago and still no pain. The second dentist sold me some crowns ( for other teeth ) which fell off a week later ( he had bragged about the great work the crown maker did, I guess greatly cheap is what he meant, this was in yankland ) . Qualifications are nothing next to integillegent caring. Here in Miami there are backroom/garage clinics, illegal dentists from latin usa where bad work can be reported to the police... |
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