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The College of General Dentistry (CGDent), which opened following the separation of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP) from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in 2021, has now admitted over 400 dental professionals into Fellowship in recognition of their high-level and wide-ranging capabilities.

Louis Mackenzie, Head Dental Officer at Denplan (Part of Simplyhealth), clinical lecturer at Birmingham Dental School and King’s College London, and GDP in Selly Park, being formally welcomed into Fellowship by CGDent President Abhi Pal at the College’s 2023 Fellows’ Summer Reception

Fellowship, which is denoted by the postnominal letters ‘FCGDent’, is the highest membership grade of the College. The mark of accomplishment in general dentistry, it indicates a dental professional’s commitment to professional development and reflective practice, diligence in upholding the highest standards of clinical care, and distinction across clinical and professional domains.

Fellows are listed in the College’s online Member Register, and are eligible to wear a special lapel pin and to attend biannual Fellows’ Receptions, at which new Fellows have their Fellowship formally presented. Most recently, the College presented 47 individuals with their Fellowships in front of 120 Fellows and Associate Fellows at their Summer Reception.

The primary means of establishing eligibility for Fellowship is by experience, a route launched last year to recognise a wide range of skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications relevant to dentistry and oral healthcare, with transparent criteria and a straightforward application process. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the requirements of at least three of five fellowship domains, for each of which detailed criteria have been published: Clinical; Teaching, Learning & Assessment; Leadership & Management; Publications & Research; and Law & Ethics.

Fellowship eligibility can also be established by equivalence for those already awarded Fellowship by the former FGDP(UK), by any of the UK and Ireland Royal Colleges or their Faculties of Dental Surgery (FDS) or Dentistry (FFD), by the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS), Royal College of Dentists of Canada (FRCDC) or College of Dentistry of South Africa (FCD[SA]), or to those who are Board Certified by the American Board of General Dentistry.

The College Council may also invite an individual into Fellowship when satisfied that their career and qualifications demonstrably meet the requirements for an application either by experience or by equivalence.

Additionally, former Fellows of the FGDP who elected to transfer directly to the College when the Faculty separated from the RCS were automatically admitted to Fellowship of the College without the need for application.

However, while there are different routes to College Fellowship, there are no different types of College Fellowship. Having demonstrated by whichever means that they meet the required standard, all College Fellows enjoy equal standing.

Addressing those gathered at the Summer Reception, College President Abhi Pal said:

“Fellowship of our College is a reflection of the years of sustained professional development you have undertaken throughout your career. No matter which path you have taken to Fellowship, it has required sacrifice and perseverance for the ultimate purpose of service to your patients and the profession. I not only commend you for that, but firmly believe the College of General Dentistry is the only body that will give recognition for these efforts. Admittance to Fellowship should however not be the end of a journey, but the start of another chapter.”

Fellowship is open to all members of the dental team should they meet the requirements, and suitably experienced and qualified dental professionals are encouraged to apply.

Prospective applicants may be interested to read about the career journeys of a selection of College Fellows here.

The following College members have been admitted to Fellowship:

Nick Spencer Adams	Dentist, Wellington
Thomas Addison	Dentist, Birmingham
Olurotimi Adesanya	Dentist, Gillingham
Kelvin Ian Afrashtehfar	Dentist, Surrey, British Columbia
Vishal Raghubir Kumar Aggarwal	Dentist, Leeds
Anirudha Agnihotry	Dentist, Visalia, California
Asrar Ahmed	Dentist, Eastbourne
Nadeem Tony Ahmed	Dentist, Hednesford
Ali Al Bayati	Dentist, Baghdad
Nutalya bint Said bin Amran al Harthy	Dentist, Muscat
Mohamed Al Ismaili	Dentist, Muscat
Abdulghani Mustafa Sadiq Alarabi	Dentist, Muscat
Jennifer Albiston	Dentist, Yeovil
Simon Albiston	Dentist, Wincanton
Ziad Nawaf Al-Dwairi	Dentist, Irbid
Rana Khaled Alkattan	Dentist, Riyadh
Maher Almasri	Dentist, Birmingham
Amin Aminian	Dentist, Stockport
Harinder Rattan Singh Amrik	Dentist, Birmingham
John Quentin Anderson	Dentist, Hemel Hempstead
Orestis Angeletos-Paparizos	Dentist, London
Senathirajah Ariyaratnam	Dentist, Altrincham
Rahul Kumar Arora	Dentist, Muscat
Peter Ash	Dentist, Monmouth
Martin Peter Ashley	Dentist, Manchester
Tariq Mahmood Ashraf	Dentist, London
Jerry Asquith	Dentist, Northwood
Hilary Michael Attenborough	Dentist, Warminster
Sukhvinder Singh Atthi	Dentist, Birmingham
Paul Baines	Dentist, Bristol
Avijit Banerjee	Dentist, High Wycombe
Subir Banerji	Dentist, London
Fadi Nassif Barrak	Dentist, London
Jagan Kumar Baskaradoss	Dentist, Kuwait
Paul Batchelor	Dentist, Letcombe Regis
Robert Stephen Bate	Dentist, Warwick
Anthony Bendkowski	Dentist, Sittingbourne
Adrian William Bennett	Dentist, Oldham
Roy Keith Bennett	Dentist, Heswall
Thomas Jack Bereznicki	Dentist, London
Balbir Singh Bhandal	Dentist, Warley
Sanjeev Bhanderi	Dentist, Cheadle
Trevor Joel Bigg	Dentist, Chipping Norton
Mohammed Binamin	Dentist, Solihull
Rebecca Sarah Louise Binnie	Dentist, Aberdeen
Robert Ian Bland	Dentist, Preston
Paul David Blaylock	Dentist, Sunderland
Philip Bluett	Dentist, Ivybridge
Steve Bonsor	Dentist, Aberdeen
Daniel Norbert Borge	Dentist, Gibraltar
Gerard Boyle	Dentist, Glasgow
Gordon Russell Boyle	Dentist, Glasgow
Christine Breare	Dentist, Mirfield
Zena Brenchley	Dentist, Chulmleigh
Janine Amelia Brooks MBE	Dentist, Northampton
Richard John Frank Buckle	Dentist, Aberdeen
Trevor Burke	Dentist, Birmingham
Robert Stephen Burrows	Dentist, St Helens
Peter James Butcher	Dentist, Grantham
Ashley Rowland Byrne	Clinical Dental Technician, Wheatley
Josette Camilleri	Dentist, Birmingham
Colin Campbell	Dentist, Nottingham
Steven William Campbell	Dental Technician, Ripon
Phillip Cannell	Dentist, Rochford
Paul Carroll	Dentist, Sutton Coldfield
Nigel Lindsay Carter OBE	Dentist, Rugby
Francisco Javier Casserley	Dentist, Middleton
Wing Kit Paul Chan	Dentist, Hong Kong
Yee Chuen Chan	Dentist, Hong Kong
Andrew Asir Praveen Chandrapal	Dentist, Bourne End
Asif Hassan Chatoo	Dentist, London
Mahesh Max Chauhan	Dentist, London
Masud Anwar Choudhry	Dentist, Sheffield
Janet Ruth Clarke MBE	Dentist, Worcester
Matthew Clarke	Dentist, Sheffield
Simon Clavell-Bate	Dentist, Clitheroe
Matthew John Clover	Dentist, Salisbury
Matthew John Collins	Dentist, Wetherby
Paul Cooney	Dentist, Hamilton
Jeremy Andrew Cooper	Dentist, Manchester
Jonathan George Cowpe	Dentist, Dinas Powys
Robert Francis Aubrey Craig	Dentist, Glasgow
Charles Edward Crawford	Dentist, Manchester
David Croser	Dentist, London
Richard John Cure	Dentist, Leamington Spa
Lisa Currie	Dentist, Aberdeen
William Paul Cushley	Dentist, Airdrie
Mohamad Hani Nouri Dalati	Dentist, Middlesbrough
Griffith John Kineton Darby	Dentist, Beckenham
Brian Richard Davies	Dentist, Reading
John Louis Garfield Davies	Dentist, Tauranga, New Zealand
Stephen John Davies	Dentist, Stockport
Andrew Dawood	Dentist, London
Gustinna Wadu De Silva	Dentist, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Aditi Desai	Dentist, London
Faresh Desai	Dentist, Birmingham
John Charles Devennie	Dentist, Glasgow
Balraj Dhami	Dentist, Sutton Coldfield
Onkar Dhanoya	Dentist, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jaswinder Singh Dhariwal	Dentist, Slough
Michael Karl Dhesi	Dentist, Glasgow
Andrew John Dickenson	Dentist, Derby
Neeraj Kumar Diddee	Dentist, Durham
Kenneth Doig	Dentist, Boston
Mark Robert William Doyle	Dentist, Hereford
Tariq Drabu	Dentist, Manchester
Mervyn Druian	Dentist, London
Ian Neil Dunn	Dentist, Liverpool
Stephen Michael Dunne	Dentist, London
Jonathan Eaton	Dentist, Knutsford
Andrew Howard Eric Eder	Dentist, Middlesex
Bilal El-Dhuwaib	Dentist, Sheffield
Stuart McDonald Ellis	Dentist, Cambridge
Jacqui Ruth Elsden	Dental Nurse, Southwater
Rachael Ann England	Dental Hygienist, Geneva
Ekaterina Fabrikant	Dentist, London
Jonathan Charles Farmer	Dentist, Market Rasen
Shelagh Farrell	Dentist, Edenbridge
Zbigniew Fedorowicz	Dentist, Huntingdon
Susan Claire Fenton	Dentist, Winchester
Carl Stafford Fenwick	Clinical Dental Technician, Newcastle upon Tyne
Koray Feran	Dentist, London
Simon Fieldhouse	Dentist, Bradford-on-Avon
Timothy James Foster	Dentist, Malton
Thomas Edward Foulger	Dentist, Broadstone
Peter Michael Frost BEM	Dentist, London
Alexandra Mary Furness	Dentist, Hoylake
Richard Furness	Dentist, Hoylake
Sir Ian Derek Gainsford	Dentist, Jerusalem
Kuldip Singh Gakhal	Dentist, Wolverhampton
John Anthony Gamon CBE	Dentist, Aylesbury
Allen Felix Saadiah Gaon	Dentist, Edgware
Victor Tikam Gehani	Dentist, Stanmore
Stanley Gelbier	Dentist, Finchley
Elizabeth Wallace Glass	Dentist, Glasgow
Nicola Zeeba Gore	Dentist, London
Michael Alan Gow	Dentist, Glasgow
Linda Helene Greenwall	Dentist, London
Alexander Michael Greig	Dentist, Tetbury
Daniel Gunaseelan	Dentist, Stanmore
Harish Gupta	Dentist, Birmingham
Hridesh Kumar Gupta	Dentist, Mirfield
Andrew Hadden	Dentist, Milton of Campsie
James Patrick Hamilton	Dentist, Naas
Sean Hamilton	Dentist, Yelverton
Sally Jane Hanks	Dentist, Tavistock
Raghunathan Hari	Dentist, Tunbridge Wells
Amy Louise Harper	Dentist, Kirkcaldy
Kenneth Andrew Harper	Dentist, London
Kenneth Joseph Harris	Dentist, Sunderland
Esmail Fakirmohamad Harunani	Dentist, Sidcup
Bryan David Harvey	Dentist, Brentwood
Dominic Carmel Hassall	Dentist, Solihull
Haidar Hassan	Dentist, London
Sherin Abdulmohamed Hassanally	Dentist, Surbiton
Keith Edward Hayes	Dentist, Tunbridge Wells
Audoen Healy	Dentist, High Wycombe
Deborah Hemington	Dental Therapist, Bromley
Edward Paul Thomas Hems	Dentist, Henley-on-Thames
Noel Henderson	Dentist, Roscommon
Robert Hensher	Dentist, Dorset
Mark Andrew Hill	Dentist, Cardiff
Oliver Lee Hinton	Dentist, Knutsford
Christopher John Hird	Dentist, Wetherby
Christopher CK Ho	Dentist, Chatswood, New South Wales
Ross Hobson	Dentist, Morpeth
Alexander Holden	Dentist, Crows Nest, New South Wales
Victoria Holden	Dentist, Newbury
Michael Anthony Horton	Dentist, Woore
Mark-Steven Howe	Dentist, Sedgeberrow
Ryan Keir Hughes	Dentist, Wells
Ian Richard Hunt	Dentist, Altrincham
Abid Hussain	Dentist, Solihull
Faris Hazim Hussain	Dentist, Beckenham
Mohammed Ibrahim	Dentist, Bidar, Karnataka
Javed Ikram	Dentist, Thornton-Cleveleys
Robert Ireland	Dentist, Warwick
Amita Janda	Dentist, Sutton Coldfield
Sachin Jauhar	Dentist, Glasgow
Andrea Johnson	Dental Technician, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Stuart Brooke Johnston	Dentist, Usk
Philip Winstone Johnstone	Dentist, London
Ian Jones	Dentist, Aberdeen
Adrian Mark Jordan	Dentist, Waltham Chase
Roy Birander Judge	Dentist, Melbourne
Zaki Kanaan	Dentist, London
Helen Mary Kaney	Dentist, Hamilton
Zoeb Kapadia	Dentist, Leicester
Elizabeth Kay	Dentist, Liskeard
Jonathan Michael Kennair	Dentist, Bolton
Ian Kerr	Dentist, Hawkhurst
Pejman Khaki	Dentist, Horsham
Khaled Khalaf	Dentist, Aberdeen
Salman Ashraf Khan	Dentist, Lahore
Fazeela Khan-Osborne	Dentist, London
Tashfeen Kholasi	Dentist, Hornchurch
Peter Anthony King	Dentist, Wilmslow
Eldo Koshy	Dentist, Palarivattom, Kerala
David Ross Kramer	Dentist, Twickenham
Anthony Stephen Kravitz	Dentist, London
Sornakumar Krishnamoorthi	Dentist, Plymouth
Jonathan David Lack	Dentist, Edgware
Ravinder Lall	Dentist, Northampton
Nicholas Andrew Lane	Dentist, Bradford
David Langham	Dentist, Taunton
Herman Kin Man Lee	Dentist, Hong Kong
William Wang-Kee Lee	Dentist, Warrington
Jason Andrew Leitch CBE	Dentist, Glasgow
Gillian M Lennox	Dentist, Glasgow
Sharon Patricia Letters	Dentist, Glasgow
Yin Hon Alexander Leung	Dentist, Hong Kong
Kevin James Lewis	Dentist, Stamford
Nicholas Lewis	Dentist, Yateley
Jonathan Liew	Dentist, Liverpool
Elisavet Liontou	Dentist, Aberdeen
Michael Victor Lloyd	Dentist, Chalford
Chris Louca	Dentist, Orpington
Christopher Daniel Lynch	Dentist, Killorgin
Naveed Maan	Dentist, Colchester
Louis Murray Mackenzie	Dentist, Birmingham
Fiona Janet Mackillop	Dentist, London
Derek John Maguire	Dentist, Dungannon
Leonard John Maguire	Dentist, Dungannon
Derek Roy Mahony	Dentist, Haberfield, New South Wales
Yann Georges Maidment	Dentist, Edinburgh
John Lawrence Makin	Dentist, London
Natashekara Mallesh	Dentist, Doha
Rachappa Mallikarjuna	Dentist, Muscat
George Margaritis	Dentist, Totton
Peter Martin	Dentist, Liverpool
Hew Byrne Mathewson CBE	Dentist, Edinburgh
John Bernard Roger Matthews	Dentist, Shanklin
Peter Walter Mauthe	Dentist, Gravesend
Samuel Mark McAlister	Dentist, Leeds
Louis William McArdle	Dentist, Theydon Bois
Ewen Mark McColl	Dentist, Kingsbridge
Sinead McEnhill	Dentist, Enniskillen
John McVeigh	Dentist, Tavistock
Shamir Bhupendra Mehta	Dentist, Stanmore
Alasdair Gordon Miller	Dentist, Taunton
Richard John Millhouse	Dentist, Cambridge
Ian James Mills	Dentist, Torrington
John Gordon Milne	Dentist, Wakefield
Shashi Bhushan Mishra	Dentist, Langford
Philip Moo	Dentist, Ashford
Thegan Moodley	Dentist, Bromsgrove
Kirstie Moons	Dental Nurse, Nantgarw
Adrian Nicholas Kenneth Moore	Dentist, Brighton
Alyn Morgan	Dentist, Leeds
David John Morley	Dentist, Bath
Fraser James Morrison	Dentist, Edinburgh
Kishalaya Mukherjee	Dentist, Wolverhampton
Sukhdeep Murbay	Dentist, Newcastle upon Tyne
Triveni Nalawade	Dentist, Muscat
Anoupvir Singh Nandra	Dentist, Birmingham
Khaja Nawaz	Dentist, Chennai
James Alexander Neilson	Clinical Dental Technician, Derby
Tan Minh Nguyen	Dental Therapist, Templestowe Lower, Victoria
Lucy Nichols	Dentist, Thames Ditton
Matthew Nolan	Dentist, London
Ette Etim Ntekim	Dentist, Holyhead
Sarab Oberai	Dentist, Virginia Water
Eimear O’Connell	Dentist, Edinburgh
Mark James O’Hara	Dentist, Horsham
Dominic O’Hooley	Dentist, Leeds
Conor O’Malley	Dentist, Hamilton
Peter Ommer	Dentist, Glasgow
Graham Orr	Dentist, Morpeth
Christine Osborne	Dentist, West Byfleet
Mary Colette O’Sullivan	Dentist, Ashford
Abhijit Pal	Dentist, Birmingham
Marie Ruby Parker	Dental Nurse, Stanford-le-Hope
Hussein Saifuddin Patanwala	Dentist, Birmingham
Divyash Patel	Dentist, London
Kishan Patel	Dentist, Pinner
Pankaj Patel OGW	Dentist, Uxbridge
Raseshkumar Shantilal Patel	Dentist, London
Tushar Chandulal Patel	Dentist, Chelmsford
Kaushik Paul	Dentist, Birmingham
Chris Penlington	Dentist, Newcastle upon Tyne
Keith Percival	Dentist, Fareham
Noel John Perkins	Dentist, Kirkby Lonsdale
Polyxeni Petropoulou	Dentist, Muscat
Ralph Pickup	Dentist, Waddington
Allan Vernon Pirie	Dentist, Glasgow
Manish Prasad	Dentist, Birmingham
Barry Francis Arthur Quinn	Dentist, London
Sudha Rajmohan	Dentist, Muscat
Raj Rattan MBE	Dentist, Hemel Hempstead
Deborah Reed	Dental Nurse, Swadlincote
Elliot  Rhodes	Dentist, Newport
Robin John Richardson	Dentist, Sutton Coldfield
Marcello Riggio	Dental academic, Glasgow
Christopher Roberts	Dentist, Truro
George Rodgers	Dentist, Wigan
Iain Roe	Dentist, Halesowen
Samuel Russell Rollings	Dentist, Aberdeen
Catherine Margaret Rutland	Dentist, Kings Worthy
Zubair Sacranie	Dentist, Solihull
Peter John Arthur Sanders	Dentist, Winchester
Peter Sands	Dentist, Abingdon
Ario Santini	Dentist, Edinburgh
Julian David Satterthwaite	Dentist, Manchester
Amir Savage	Dentist, Alton
George Christou Savva	Dentist, Derby
Eddie Leonard Caspar Scher	Dentist, London
Julian Philip Scott	Dentist, Eastbourne
Andrew See	Dentist, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Noha Mohamed Said Abdelaziz Seoudi	Dentist, London
Kevin Guy Seymour	Dentist, Baldock
Nileshkumar Ratilal Shah	Dentist, Loughborough
Arthur See King Sham	Dentist, Hong Kong
Shaam Ahmed Shamsi	Dentist, Biddulph
Pranay Sharma	Dentist, Ilford
Pratik Kumar Sharma	Dentist, Ilford
William Sharpling	Clinical Dental Technician, Woking
Naresh Yedthare Yedthate Shetty	Dentist, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Penelope Jane Shirlaw	Dentist, London
Yejide Olufunmilayo Sijuwade	Dentist, Bury St Edmunds
Deepak Simkhada	Dental Therapist, Sunbury on Thames
Gurdeep Singh	Dentist, Muscat
Ashis Colin Sinha	Dentist, Solihull
Hin Ho Siu	Dentist, Hong Kong
Charles Adam Edward Slade	Dentist, London
Oliver Smart	Dentist, Birmingham
Nikolai Ramsay Stankiewicz	Dentist, Somerton
Rhona Stevens	Dentist, Bingley
Graham Douglas Stokes	Dentist, Malvern
Finlay Andrew Sutton	Dentist, Lancaster
Vincent Syme	Dentist, Taunton
Susan Rebecca Rose Tanner	Dentist, London
Millicent Rowena Taylor	Dentist, Embleton, Western Australia
Michael Frederick Thomas	Dentist, Gosport
Wendy Thompson	Dentist, Kirkby Lonsdale
Patricia Anne Thomson	Dentist, Glasgow
Robert McNeill Thomson	Dentist, Glasgow
Peter Howard Thornley	Dentist, Sutton Coldfield
Adrian Thorp	Dentist, Cadole
Akinwale Adebisi Tikare	Dentist, Gravesend
Paul Anthony Tipton	Dentist, Altrincham
Robert Stanley Tobin	Dentist, Birmingham
Andrew Charles Toy	Dentist, West Bridgford
Christopher Tredwin	Dentist, Yelverton
Michael John Trenouth	Dentist, Grange-over-Sands
Jonathan Ramsey Turnbull	Dentist, Edinburgh
Christopher Turner	Dentist, Bath
Elizabeth Tyler	Dentist, Lichfield
Tevfik Cemal Ucer	Dentist, Salford
Jinesh Jagdish Vaghela	Dentist, South Mimms
Alison Drina van den Berg	Dentist, Bristol
Manjul Karsandas Vasant	Dentist, London
Rajesh Mohankumar Wadhwani	Dentist, Cambridge
Pamela Ward	Dentist, Nottingham
Faraza Wasti	Dentist, Sale
Stephen John Waters	Dentist, Longhope
Michael Watson	Dentist, Manningtree
Indika Danuka Weerapperuma	Dentist, High Wycombe
Brian Westbury	Dentist, Loughton
John Wibberley	Clinical Dental Technician, Kincardine
Peter Michael Wilkins	Dentist, Warwick
Thomas James Spencer Willan	Dentist, Horbury
Francis Brian Brian Williams	Dentist, Leatherhead
Peter James Willy	Dentist, Bournemouth
Michael Wilson	Dentist, London
Sir Nairn Wilson CBE	Dentist, Alderley Edge
Neil Andrew Wilson	Dentist, Solihull
James Wise	Dentist, Teddington
Robert Witton	Dentist, Plymouth
Jason Wong	Dentist, Grantham
Ian David Wood	Dentist, Sale
Jeremy Andrew Woodcock	Dentist, Chesham
Mark Stuart Wright	Dentist, Godalming
Riaz Yar	Dentist, Altrincham
Albert Yeung	Dentist, Glasgow
Nadeem Younis	Dentist, Burnley
Patrik Magnus Zachrisson	Dentist, Huntingdon
Hassan Mahmoud Abdelrahman Ziada	Dentist, Las Vegas

Please note the above list excludes any Fellows who have opted out of inclusion in the College’s Member Register

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The list of fellowships which qualify applicants for Fellowship of the College by means of equivalence has been amended.

A year after the College first published Fellowship criteria, a review carried out on behalf of the College Council examined the assessment procedures and required training in relation to those qualifications already deemed equivalent, as well as to a number of additional overseas qualifications.

Fellows of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (FRCDC) and the College of Dentistry of South Africa (FCD(SA)), and dentists who have been Board Certified by the American Board of General Dentistry, are all now eligible for Fellowship of CGDent by equivalence.

These are in addition to Fellows of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FFGDP(UK)); of the Royal Colleges of the UK and Ireland, their Faculties of Dental Surgery (FDS) or Dentistry (FFD); and of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS), all of whom were already deemed to be of equivalent standing.

Honorary Fellows of the College (FCGDent(Hon.)) or former Faculty (FFGDP(UK)(Hon.)) who meet the College’s standard membership requirements may also be admitted to full Fellowship by equivalence.

However, Fellowship of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry will no longer be accepted for College Fellowship applications by means of equivalence; but since it is still considered a robust assessment of skills in implant dentistry, it has been added to the list of ‘gateway’ qualifications which provide automatic satisfaction of the Clinical domain for Fellowship applications by means of experience.

The criteria for automatic eligibility for Life Fellowship of the College have been similarly adjusted in light of the review.

Qualifications deemed equivalent will continue to be reviewed periodically, and additional qualifications may be determined to be equivalent over time.

Full details of the requirements for Fellowship are available via the link below.

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A previous update to Fellowship by means of equivalence was made on 23 February 2023

The College has introduced Life Fellowship as a new type of membership for retired Fellows.

It is intended that Life Fellowship will make a greatly appreciated contribution to the mission of the College, elevating the standing of dentistry amongst other healthcare disciplines and helping to take the College on its way to Royal College standing.

It provides an opportunity for retired Fellows, and others whose careers meet the requirements of Fellowship, to make a life-long commitment to the College, to stay connected to the profession, and to retain the recognition earned during their careers throughout their retirement.

Life Fellows will enjoy all the usual benefits of retired membership, and the additional benefits of fellowship, for life. These include eligibility to attend the College’s regular Fellows’ Receptions, to join the 1992 Circle, and to continue to use their Fellowship post-nominals.

“The more Life Fellows, the stronger the College.”

Prof Sir Nairn Wilson CBE FCGDent, President Emeritus of the College

Life Fellows must be at least 65 years old and fully retired from dentistry – i.e. no longer practising and no longer registered with the General Dental Council or any equivalent overseas regulatory or licensing body – and must remain in good standing within the profession.

Subject to these requirements, eligibility for Life Fellowship is automatic for current or former Fellows of the:

• College of General Dentistry (FCGDent or FCGDent(Hon.))
• former Faculty of General Dental Practice (FFGDP(UK) or FFGDP(UK)(Hon.))
• Faculties of Dental Surgery (FDS) or Dentistry (FFD) of the Royal Colleges of the UK or Ireland
• Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS)

Additional eligibility criteria are expected to be announced soon.

All other retired dental professionals are also encouraged to apply for Life Fellowship if their career history meets the required standards of Fellowship. A Life Membership option is also being developed.

The one-off fee for Life Fellowship is £2,500 for dentists, £1,700 for dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians and orthodontic therapists, and £850 for dental nurses.

As the College is a registered charity, the fee may be treated as a donation, in which case if the individual approves Gift Aid they may claim income tax relief on the difference between their marginal rate and the basic rate (and in some circumstances the effective cost may be further reduced). As Life Fellows will also no longer need to manage or pay annually for retired fellowship, they are also immune from future fee increases.

In a recent interview, Alasdair Miller FCGDent, one of the College’s first Life Fellows, expressed his hope that all retired Fellows will consider Life Fellowship as a way of supporting the growth and prosperity of the College.

If you are interested in becoming a Life Fellow, please contact Sir Nairn Wilson, Honorary Founding President, at [email protected]

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This article was originally published on 27 April 2023. It was updated on 21 June 2023 to include Life Fellowship fees for dental professionals other than dentists, to reflect the College Council’s intention no longer to recognise Fellowship of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry as providing automatic eligibility for College Fellowship, and to add a link to the interview with Alasdair Miller FCGDent.