Certified Practitioner
At last: an authoritative scheme for recognising Enhanced Skills in primary care dentistry.
Nowadays, getting a qualification is not enough to show your capability at a more advanced level, and getting more qualifications is just not an appropriate step for many advanced practitioners in dentistry. We have the answer.
The College is working with stakeholders across the professional community to introduce a new system of credentialing – Certified Practitioner:
- specific to key areas of practice in primary care dentistry
- validating the skills that you have acquired
- demonstrating that you have acquired a wealth of experience in practice, over time
- showing that your experience is underpinned with sound foundations of knowledge
- re-certified every five years
- meeting a standard – there is not a competitive element to accreditation
Knowledge
Skills
Experience
For dentists
Our clinical credentialing is benchmarked against Level 2 complexity of treatment, and typically aligns with the capability demonstrated in a skills-based postgraduate diploma.
Certified Practitioner recognition will shortly be open to applications in the following fields of practice:
- Endodontics
- Oral Surgery
- Implant Dentistry
Orthodontics is expected to be open to applications in the next phase of development.
What evidence will be required for Certified Practitioner?
Criteria are being finalised, but are likely to be:
| Evidence | ||
| Logbook of cases | listing a minimum number of recent cases, citing clinical context & complexity, with reflection | Verified by Registrant colleague |
| Portfolio of cases | Case-based discussion | |
| Career summary (CV) | Demonstrating practice in an appropriate environment | Clinical audit Multi-source feedback Patient survey |
| Training log and/or accredited qualification | Aligned to our syllabus specification | Certificates |
| Referees | Two Registrants confirming validity of the entire application | Letters of confirmation |
Other team roles
We are working to develop Certified Practitioner schemes of enhanced skills for all roles in the oral healthcare team, for roll-out from 2025.
