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Dentistry: Qualifications

Commons · Question 61960 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish mutual recognition schemes for dental qualifications with other countries.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Jul 2025

The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry.As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determin...