<p>The Department does not hold this data centrally. The General Dental Council (GDC), as the independent regulator of dentists and dental care professionals practising in the United Kingdom, is responsible for holding and maintaining the register of dental professionals qualified to practise dentistry.</p><p>The GDC publishes registration reports on its website which provide statistical data on the registration of dentists and dental care professionals from the GDC’s registers, including the total number of registrants. Reports from January 2018 onwards are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/what-we-do/the-registers/registration-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/what-we-do/the-registers/registration-reports</a></p><p>Registration data prior to 2018 is available from the GDC on request.</p>