The words to use
- Specialist list
- A GDC list of dentists who have completed approved specialist training or shown equivalent skills. As of October 2026 there are 13. Only listed dentists may use the title specialist.
- CCST
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training: awarded after an approved specialist training programme, and the usual route onto a specialist list.
- Special care dentistry
- The specialty caring for adults who cannot accept routine dental care, often people with complex or additional needs, in practices, hospitals, homes and care homes.
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- A medical specialty treating disease and injury of the mouth, jaws, face and neck. Surgeons qualify in both medicine and dentistry.
