title: Postgraduate qualifications for dentistry in the twenty-first century.
abstract: The publication by the General Dental Council of proposals for a specialist register brings into question the applicability of the postgraduate qualifications now available. The moves towards a collegiate home for general dental practitioners, and compulsory vocational training, are further reasons for contemplating radical change.
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Department, Glasgow Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Stirrups
mesh_terms: D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000193:education*; D013218:State Dentistry; D006113:United Kingdom