Dental Specialties

Dental Specialties

Dental Foundation Training (DFT)

The Dental Foundation Training National Recruitment Office (DFTNRO), based at NHS England London, co-ordinate the nationally agreed process for recruitment to Dental Foundation Training (DFT).

Recruitment Timeline

Timelines for Dental Foundation Training recruitment may be accessed via the Dental Foundation Training National Recruitment Website

Post Information

Please refer to the information provide in the communications sent to you via your oriel account. If you do have any queries, you may contact the recruitment team via the Applicant Support Portal.

Please note, any emails regarding your current application will be sent from 'noreply@oriel.nhs.uk'. Please ensure your email settings regarding SPAM allow emails to be received from 'noreply@oriel.nhs.uk'. All emails sent to applicants from this mailbox are authentic.

Further information on the 2025 recruitment process may be accessed via: https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-foundation-training

Dental Foundation Training (DFT) National Recruitment – Scheme Information

Expressing preferences will be completed via the Oriel online recruitment system

Information regarding 2024-25 national schemes will be published in Spring 2025.

Dental Foundation Trainer Recruitment

Recruitment information for new dental foundation educational supervisors can be found on the Dental Foundation page HERE

Should you have any queries, please contact england.dft.lase@nhs.net

Dental Core Training (DCT)

The Dental Core Training National Recruitment Office (DCTNRO), based at NHS England (NHSE) working across the East Midlands, co-ordinate the nationally agreed process for recruitment to Dental Core Training (DCT).

There are three levels of Dental Core Training Programmes:

Dental Core Training Level 1 (DCT1)
Dental Core Training Level 2 (DCT2)
Dental Core Training Level 3 (DCT3)

Recruitment Timeline

The DCT Recruitment Timeline:

https://dental.hee.nhs.uk/dental-trainee-recruitment/dental-core-training-dct

Post Information

Post details and information this year will be available via Oriel compared to separate job descriptions. The post information will also be published on the Dental Trainee Recruitment webpage for applicants to view before applications open in January 2025.

Dental Specialties - Job Descriptions

Please see the following Job Descriptions for Dental Specialty Training in London and KSS:

Dental and Maxilofacial Radiology

x1 GSTT

Oral and Maxilofacial Pathology

x1 Barts

Oral Medicine

x1 UCLH

Oral Medicine

x1 GSTT/KCH,

x1 UCLH/Eastman,

x1 KSS/KCH

Orthodontics

x 1 Brightton GSTT

x 1 RHL

x 1 Eastman Dental Hospital (EDH)

x 1 EDH/CUH

x 1 EDH/Kingston

x 1 KCH/QMH/Sidcup

x 1 KCH/St. Georges

x 1 Kingston/EDH

x 1 Kingston/GSTT

x 1 Medway Maritime Hospital (MMH)

x 1 RHP/NWP

x 2 QVH/GSTT (Post 1 & 2)

x 1 RLH/Ashford

x 1 RLH/GOSH

x 1 RLH/Whipps

x 1 RSH/KCH

x 1 RS/EDH

x 1 QMH/Sidcup/KCH

x 3 St Georges/KCH

x 1 KCH/QMH/Sidcup

x 1 Barts/RLH/Whipps

x 1 Whipps/KCH/GSTT

Restorative Dentistry

1x East Kent

1x GSTT

1x UCLH/Eastman

Special Care Dentistry

1x SASH

1x UCLH

Paediatric Dentistry

1x KCH/EDH

2x Barts

1x EDH/UCLH

1x SASH/KCH

Dental Specialty

Post information

There are a number of posts in London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex that we are recruiting for in 2025. More information about the recruitment process can be found on the relevant NHS England (NHSE) National Recruiting Office (NRO) websites:

Additional Dental Specialties	Dental Public Health	Oral Surgery
Health Education England East Midlands	Health Education North East	Health Education Yorkshire and Humber

Orthodontics	Paediatric Dentistry	Restorative Dentistry
Health Education North East	Health Education East Midlands	Health Education North West

Special Care Dentistry
Health Education North West