Overview of Oral Medicine

Oral Medicine is a dental specialty described by the General Dental Council (GDC) as "care for oral health of patients with chronic recurrent and medically related disorders of the mouth and with their diagnosis and non-surgical management".

This guidance refers to the application process for an individual specialty. You should read this guidance alongside the dental specialty training recruitment applicant information.

Eligibility for specialty training

Most dentists will have completed at least 1 year of Dental Core Training (DCT) before applying to specialty training. By the time you're appointed to a specialty training post, you must have completed DCT2 or equivalent, as demonstrated by National Certificate of Dental Core Equivalence (NCDCE).

You must be registered with the GDC before training begins.

Oral Medicine curriculum

The content of the curriculum was developed by Specialty Advisory Committees who report to the relevant Dental Faculties of the Royal Colleges.

View the Oral Medicine curriculum on the GDC’s website.