All performers who apply to join a Commissioner dental performer list must provide evidence of completion of Vocational Training unless they're exempt.
To be exempt, a performer must either:
- be an EEA national, non-UK with an appropriate European Diploma and GDC registration
- have practiced in primary care for 2 years, full-time within the last 4 years in community dental services, armed forces or before 1 April 2006 in PDS
Dentists who are not exempt and do not have a VT number or a VT certificate must be assessed by the Deanery and complete any programme of training and period of supervised employment determined by the postgraduate Dental Dean.
Further information on the training or registration is available on:
- www.gdc-uk.org - The General Dental Council
- www.gdc-uk.org/Dentalprofessionals - GDC advice and Standards for dental professionals
- www.rseng.ac.uk/fds - National Advice Centre for Postgraduate Dental Education
- www.ielts.org - International English Language Testing System