Special Care Dentistry - Training and Mediation.

The GDC agreed in December 2005 to the principle of the establishment of a Specialist List in Special Care Dentistry (SCD). The Council Meeting of 3rd and 4th  September 2008 agreed to the setting up of a speciality in Special Care Dentistry, from 1st October 2008. The guidance and application form issued by the GDC is available below.

The Joint Advisory Committee for SCD (which was the committee preceding the recently established Specialist Advisory Committee for SCD) has worked on what might be appropriate mediation criteria for those clinicians aspiring to be on that specialist list, should the GDC follow the same process as it has in the past in establishing new specialist lists.

The Specialist Advisory Committee in SCD agreed that publication of this work might be helpful to prospective applicants in preparing their applications. This is only guidance as to what might be required by the GDC. No substantive advice is available at present.

The most recent Training Document is also published here for the benefit of our members.

Click here to download (PDF) the mediation criteria for the Specialist List in Special Care Dentistry.

Click here to download (PDF)the training programme in special care dentistry.

Click here the download (PDF) the GDC Guidance and Application form.

At the Winter Scientific Meeting, December 2008, Janice Fiske gave a presentation on the development of the speciality. Members who are considering applying for mediated entry to the SCD Specialist List may find it useful to view this presentation.

Click here to view the presentation.

Trainees in Special Care Dentistry

The BSDH Executive Committee is considering how it may support Trainees in SCD. BSDH may, for example, offer opportunities to present at Scientific Meetings or support to present at an IADH Congress. If you are a Trainee in SCD please contact Rob Hale for further information.

Bryan Kerr, SpR at Guys, has set up a web forum where fellow trainees can contact each other and share experiences of the training pathway. Click here to go to the forum and join.