The words to use
- Scope of practice
- What each GDC-registered title may do, and where its boundaries lie. The current GDC guidance took effect on 1 November 2025.
- Direct access
- Seeing a hygienist or therapist without a dentist's referral, within their scope. A dentist's referral was required before 2013.
- Dental care professional (DCP)
- A GDC-registered team member who is not a dentist: dental nurses, hygienists, therapists, orthodontic therapists, dental technicians and clinical dental technicians.
- Indirect restoration
- A crown, bridge, veneer or inlay made outside the mouth, usually by a dental technician. It is outside a therapist's scope.
