title: Proposals for validation and revalidation of the dental profession: a postgraduate dental dean's perspective.
abstract: This paper looks at the historic background to the GDC's proposals for revalidation of the dental profession. It also outlines what the process might be like and the various stages of revalidation and the need for a modern 21st Century Healthcare Regulator to be seen to set the standards of performance expected by the public and patients of all its registrants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The GDC proposals for revalidation of the dental profession are well on in their development and will have an impact on all registrants as from 2009.
authors.affiliation: Mersey Deanery, N. West SHA, UK.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grieveson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010380:Peer Review; D006113:United Kingdom