Registered dental nurses are not required to complete non-verifiable CPD. We have kept this page open for nurses who are restoring their registration and are required to complete non-verifiable CPD. Please contact the GDC before restoring your registration to find out what your CPD requirements are.
Click here for information on restoring your registration.
If you need free verifiable CPD, please click here.
For our GDC restoration CPD bundle, please click here.
The links below will give you access to a wide variety of articles to count towards your non-verifiable CPD log.
Articles are regularly added to the site. Logging your CPD is easy. Simply record the date, the activity and the number of hours. One hour of reading is equivalent to one non-verifiable CPD.
Click here for a CPD log sheet
Click here for more information about CPD
It's a good idea to stay up-to-date with GDC publications and reading the information on their site can be logged as non-verifiable CPD.
Other Websites
Oral Health Education and Promotion
NICE Oral Health Promotion: General Dental Practice
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng30
Delivering Better Oral Health Toolkit
Better Oral Health For All: Oral Health Foundation
https://www.dentalhealth.org/what-we-do
Colgate Professional
Oral B Professional
Radiation and Radiography
IRR17
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1075/contents/made
IRMER17
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1322/contents/made
FDGP Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe use of X-ray Equipment
https://www.rqia.org.uk/RQIA/files/44/449bdd1c-ccb0-4322-b0df-616a0de88fe4.pdf
GDC
Standards for the Dental Team
https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/standards-for-the-dental-team
Scope of Practice
https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/scope-of-practice
Guidance for Dental Professionals
Promoting Professionalism
https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/promoting-professionalism
Care Quality Commission
Mythbusters
https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/dentists/mythbusters-tips-dentists
IRMER
Regulations and Legislation
Health and Care Act 2022
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/contents/enacted
Get in on the Act: Health and Care Act 2022
https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/get-act-health-and-care-act-2022
Mental Capacity Act 2005
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contents
NHS Mental Capacity Act
Safer Sharps Regulations
https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsis7.pdf
Safeguarding in General Dental Practice
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-in-general-dental-practice
Decontamination and Infection Control
HTM01-05
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/decontamination-in-primary-care-dental-practices-htm-01-05/
HTM01-07
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/management-and-disposal-of-healthcare-waste-htm-07-01/
Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme
https://www.sdcep.org.uk/published-guidance/decontamination/
Medical Emergencies
Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
https://fgdpscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Dent_Update_2009_36_202-211.pdf
GDC Guidance
BDA: Are you prepared for a medical emergency
https://bda.org/news-centre/blog/are-you-prepared-for-a-medical-emergency-in-your-dental-practice
Resus Council Guidelines: Quality Standards Primary Dental Care
https://www.resus.org.uk/library/quality-standards-cpr/primary-dental-care
BNF Prescribing in dental practice
