The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) is an exam designed to test the knowledge of foreign graduate dentists to enable them to register with the General Dental Council (GDC) as licensed dentists in the UK.
The exam itself is in two parts:
Part I consists of the theoretical knowledge of dentistry.
Part II consists of a practical exam which entails an operative test on a dental manikin (DM), an OSCE, a diagnostic and treatment planning exercise (DTP) and lastly a practical examination in medical emergencies (ME).
The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) is administered in two parts. Part 1 is a written exam Part 2 is a clinical exam. The main content of both parts include the following:
Applied dental science
Clinically applied human disease
Clinical dentistry
Law and ethics
Health and safety
The syllabus for the ORE is based on the UK dental curriculum set by the General Dental Council (GDC) treatment planning and a medical emergencies exam.
