Step 3 – Requirements before you apply for the ORE Exams
To apply for the ORE you will need to fill in the application form, and send in supporting documents at the same time.
- Applicants are required to ensure they have read and understood the student fitness to practice guidance and exam rules as part of the application form.
- Student Fitness to Practice Guidance Official Guidelines.
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You are not expected to be familiar with the National Health Service (NHS) or British culture other than the ways in which it will affect your treatment of patients. You should be familiar with how people in the UK might behave, but you should not make assumptions about a patient based on issues such as gender or ethnic origin.
When you apply for the ORE, you should be certain that you have the overall clinical acumen to successfully complete a series of tests.
Clinical Experience Needed Before Applying
You must have at least 1600 hours of clinical experience where you have personally treated patients in the dental chair. The number of hours of this clinical experience will either be hours spent undertaking appropriate investigations and administering dental treatment:
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during your dental degree;
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during post-qualification experience; or
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a combination of the two.
English Language Requirement
For the purpose of the ORE, candidates are required to submit evidence of English language. The types of evidence we are likely to accept are:
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An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate at the appropriate level;
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A recent primary dental qualification that has been taught and examined in English;
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A recent pass in a language test for registration with a regulatory authority in a country where the first and native language is English; or
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A Recent experience of practicing in a country where the first and native language is English.
Check the official guidelines for English Language Requirement.
N.B: As per my experience – Minimum overall 7 bands in IELTS and not less than 6.5 in each section is required to apply for the exam.
Documents that you need to submit
Applicants need to provide the following:
- An application form completed in all parts. The clinical reference must be written or typed onto the application form and signed in person, by the referee, and should not be sent as a separate letter
- An original Certificate of Good Standing (see below) that must be no older than 3 months on the day the application is received by the GDC. If there is a one year gap between ORE sittings, you will need to submit a new Certificate of Good Standing *
- Evidence of knowledge of the English language. Please refer to the Evidence of English language competence: Guidance for applicants document
- A certified copy of a primary dental degree recognized for the purpose of the exam **
- A certified copy of a current, valid passport **
- One recent passport-size photographs
- NARIC statement
* A Certificate of Good Standing is a certificate or letter issued by the registration authority for dentists. We require this certificate from the country of graduation as well as any other country where a dentist has practiced.
** The documents can be certified by solicitors or notaries.
Once you have sorted out all the points mentioned above then you are ready to fill the official ORE application form
Check out this official link for the ORE Application form.
Once applied then you will need to wait for GDC to send you the confirmation of the documents and applications received. If your application is rejected, you will be given the reasons why and advised on what you need to do to have your application accepted.
Suppose your application is accepted, then the next step is ORE Exam 1
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