What specialty training and career options are available to me? Find the answers to your questions in this section.
What specialty training and career options are available to me? Find the answers to your questions in this section.
There are several career options for dentists in general dental practice, including working for the NHS, mixed or private practice. Dentists also have the choice of working for different types of employers such as dental corporates or independent practices.
More about General practiceThere are several career options for dentists in employed dentistry, including public health, academia, and armed services.
More about Employed dentistryDentists often specialise because they enjoy a particular element of dentistry or treating certain types of patients. There are many routes into specialty training and different areas to work in such as Oral Medicine, Restorative Dentistry, and Paediatric Dentistry.
More about SpecialtiesThere are many other dental career options open to qualified dentists, including implant dentistry, dental indemnity, dental regulation, and prison dentistry.
More about Other career optionsDentists who qualified overseas need to comply with a variety of requirements before working in the UK.
More about Overseas dentists working in the UKThis BDA podcast series explores the unlimited, unexpected and maybe even unknown opportunities that qualifying as a dentist open up to you. Join our host, Andrea Ogden GDP, as she chats to dental professionals about their careers.
More about Chairside: Podcast about careers in dentistry