Dental Council complaint · Written to the Dental Council Code of Practice (2022)

Ethics and Ethical Standards for Dentists and Dental Professionals for dentists and dental professionals facing a Dental Council complaint or fitness to practise inquiry

The complaint concerns your ethical judgement, behaviour or conduct in dental practice.

Boundaries — a boundaries breach with a patient or a colleague, or repeated expensive gifts from a patient
Dishonesty — an altered note, a false insurance or PRSI claim, or a misleading advertisement
Consent — treatment without valid consent, alternatives or costs not explained, or a refusal overridden
Fees and treatment plans — treatment the patient did not need, or a cheaper option not disclosed
Confidentiality — patient details discussed where others could hear, or X-rays sent insecurely
Online conduct — before-and-after images posted without written consent, or a video consultation without privacy
Communication and candour — a dismissive remark to an anxious patient, or a mistake not disclosed
Any other concern — an allegation of unethical behaviour or conduct

Facing an allegation of unethical behaviour or professional misconduct like these — before the Dental Council or its Fitness to Practise Committee?

This course is for a dentist or dental professional facing a Dental Council complaint or fitness to practise inquiry. It helps you remediate — and show the remediation, with a dated certificate for your written response, your reflection, an undertaking or an inquiry.

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Immediate access · certificate on completion · twelve months' access

2 CPD hours
Self-paced
Written for Ireland
CPD certificate
From €70 a course (Bulk Buy of 10)

Our team

Dr Shehzad IqbalFounder, course author and facilitatorMBBS, MRCS, MRCGP
Dr Mo MirzaCourse facilitatorMedically trained, UCL London
Ludmila UpenieceBusiness development and supportPsychology, UEL London

At a glance

Who it is for: Any dentist or dental professional facing a Dental Council complaint, an application for an inquiry before the Fitness to Practise Committee, an inquiry or a decision on sanction about ethical judgement, behaviour or conduct — an allegation of unethical behaviour, conduct or action
Regulator covered: Applies to dentists and dental professionals registered with the Dental Council of Ireland; the course is written to the Council’s Code of Practice
Length: 10 sections, 56 lessons, 2 CPD hours
Format: Self-paced, online, immediate access, twelve months from purchase
Certificate: Certificate issued by Healthcare Ethics Courses on completion, dated, with the course title and 2 CPD hours
Price: €100 · from €70 a course (Bulk Buy of 10)

Certificate issued by Healthcare Ethics CoursesRemediation courses for regulatory processes.

2CPD hours, issued by Healthcare Ethics Courses

10Sections, nine closing with a reflective quiz

56Lessons, plus a post-course assessment

€100 (€70 with Bulk Buy 10)One off. Twelve months' access

The certificate you will receive

Sample certificate of continuing professional development for Ethics and Ethical Standards for Dentists and Dental Professionals, issued by Healthcare Ethics Courses, showing the name John Smith, 2 CPD hours and a date of completion, marked SAMPLE — Sample. Your certificate carries your name, the course title and the date you complete the course.

How dentists and dental professionals use it

With a written response to the Fitness to Practise Committee while it considers whether there is a prima facie case, alongside a reflection
When an undertaking is discussed, or in your evidence at the inquiry
As a dated record of remediation for the Council when sanction is considered

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Who this course is for

Facing an allegation of unethical behaviour or professional misconduct

The letter says a treatment plan, a charge, a disclosure or a relationship did not meet the standard expected of you. This course is how you account for it — and show you have remediated.

Dealing with a Dental Council complaint

A patient, a colleague, an employer or the Council itself has applied to the Fitness to Practise Committee for an inquiry. Your written response is where your reasoning first appears; this course gives it a structure.

Before the Fitness to Practise Committee decides

The Committee first considers whether there is a prima facie case. Dated remediation can be shown from this stage onwards.

Facing a fitness to practise inquiry

There is a prima facie case and the Committee will hold the inquiry. Remediation completed before the hearing, dated and documented, is evidence your adviser can put before the Committee and the Council.

Asked about an undertaking

The Council has accepted undertakings from a dentist instead of a High Court application. An undertaking is a promise about your future practice; a completed course with your reflection attached is evidence it can rest on.

Under conditions, a censure or another sanction

Conditions attached to your registration, a censure or another decision of the Council may ask you to show what you have done to address the concern. The certificate is dated and records 2 CPD hours in ethics.

The concerns this course speaks to

Professional and ethical boundaries

A personal invitation accepted, repeated expensive gifts from a patient, a relationship with a colleague that went beyond a working one, a dual relationship. A boundaries breach can involve a patient or a colleague. Section 3 has a lesson on professional boundaries, and Section 7 compares a weak and a strong response to a boundary concern about gifts from a patient.

Probity and an allegation of dishonesty

Notes altered to hide a missed check, an inflated insurance or PRSI claim, an advertisement promising results that cannot be promised. Probity, honesty and accountability have a section of their own (Section 6), and Section 7 compares responses to falsified records and to financial misconduct.

Consent and a refusal of treatment

An extraction without alternatives explained, risks or costs not set out, a patient’s choice overridden. The course covers respect for patient autonomy and consent (Section 3), informed consent and patient autonomy as a dilemma (Section 4) and an informed consent failure as a case comparison (Section 7).

Fees, treatment plans and commercial pressure

A crown where a filling would do, an implant recommended without the cheaper option, cosmetic treatment sold without its risks. Section 4 works through overtreatment against undertreatment and conflicts of interest under commercial pressure, and Sections 3 and 6 cover financial integrity and transparent fees.

Confidentiality and data protection

A treatment discussed in the waiting room, files left at reception, X-rays emailed from a personal account, records opened without a clinical reason. Section 5 covers the ethical duty of confidentiality, GDPR compliance in dental practice and confidentiality in the digital era, and Section 4 the conflict between confidentiality and a duty to disclose.

Online conduct, images and tele-dentistry

Before-and-after photographs posted without written consent, a patient who recognises their own case online, a video consultation overheard by staff. The course covers digital professionalism, social media, and tele-dentistry and virtual consultations.

Communication and candour

A nervous patient told to stop overreacting, a fractured tooth or a perforated root canal not explained to the patient. The course covers communication and candour among the Code’s key standards, accountability in clinical practice, and disrespectful communication as a case comparison.

When two obligations conflict

A patient’s choice against your clinical judgement; confidentiality against someone else’s safety; clinical urgency against ability to pay. The course works through six such dilemmas and how to balance the principles, justify the reasoning and document it.

Facing a Dental Council complaint or fitness to practise inquiry? This course helps you remediate — and show it.

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What the course covers

Ten sections and 56 lessons, with a reflective quiz closing each of the first nine and a post-course assessment at the end.

Section 01

Introduction — Why Ethics Matters in Irish Dentistry

Five lessons

Section 02

Core Ethical Principles — Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, Justice

Five lessons

Section 03

Dental Council Code of Practice — Key Ethical Standards

Eight lessons

Section 04

Common Ethical Dilemmas in Irish Dental Practice

Six lessons

Section 05

Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Digital Professionalism

Six lessons

Section 06

Probity, Honesty, and Accountability in Dentistry

Six lessons

Section 07

Weak vs Strong Ethical Responses — Case Comparisons

Six lessons

Section 08

Demonstrating Ethics in Fitness-to-Practise and Remediation Processes

Six lessons

Section 09

Embedding Ethics into Professional Identity and Resilience

Six lessons

Section 10

Conclusion and Key Takeaways

Two lessons, Conclusion and Key Takeaways, and the post-course assessment

Show every lesson title

Section 01 · Introduction — Why Ethics Matters in Irish Dentistry: The Role of Ethics in Dentistry; Why the Dental Council Prioritises Ethics; Ethics and Professional Identity in Dentistry; Consequences of Ethical Lapses; Why Ethics Matters Today.
Section 02 · Core Ethical Principles — Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, Justice: Autonomy — Respecting Patient Choice; Beneficence — Acting in the Patient’s Best Interest; Non-Maleficence — “Do No Harm”; Justice — Fairness and Equality in Care; Balancing Principles in Dental Practice.
Section 03 · Dental Council Code of Practice — Key Ethical Standards: Honesty and Probity; Respect for Patient Autonomy and Consent; Confidentiality and Data Protection; Professional Boundaries; Financial Integrity and Conflicts of Interest; Communication and Candour; Digital Professionalism; Accountability and Remediation.
Section 04 · Common Ethical Dilemmas in Irish Dental Practice: Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy; Overtreatment vs Undertreatment; Confidentiality vs Duty to Disclose; Conflicts of Interest and Commercial Pressure; Digital Professionalism and Social Media; Emergency Care and Access to Services.
Section 05 · Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Digital Professionalism: The Ethical Duty of Confidentiality; GDPR Compliance in Dental Practice; Confidentiality in the Digital Era; Digital Professionalism and Social Media; Tele-dentistry and Virtual Consultations; Consequences of Breaches.
Section 06 · Probity, Honesty, and Accountability in Dentistry: Probity as a Core Ethical Duty; Honesty in Documentation and Communication; Financial Integrity in Dentistry; Accountability in Clinical Practice; Consequences of Breaching Probity or Honesty; Building a Culture of Probity and Accountability.
Section 07 · Weak vs Strong Ethical Responses — Case Comparisons: Informed Consent Failure; Falsified Records; Boundary Concern; Financial Misconduct; Disrespectful Communication; Key Lessons Across Cases.
Section 08 · Demonstrating Ethics in Fitness-to-Practise and Remediation Processes: Why Ethical Demonstration Matters; How the Council Assesses Ethical Behaviour; Weak vs Strong Demonstrations; Evidence That Reassures Regulators; Remediation Portfolios for Dentists; Long-Term Monitoring and Growth.
Section 09 · Embedding Ethics into Professional Identity and Resilience: Ethics as Professional Identity; Daily Ethical Habits; Reflection and Accountability as Routine Practice; Building Resilience to Uphold Ethics; Mentorship and Role Modelling; Sustaining Ethics Across a Career.
Section 10 · Conclusion and Key Takeaways: Conclusion; Key Takeaways.

How to respond to a Dental Council complaint or fitness to practise inquiry

Whether it is read when the Fitness to Practise Committee considers the application, at the inquiry or by the Council on sanction, a written response to an ethics allegation has to show your reasoning. These are the four parts to set out, and what the course gives you for each.

Nobody reading your response can know what you were thinking at the chair-side; they can only read what you write now.

The obligations engagedWhich principles the situation engaged — autonomy, benefit, avoiding harm, fairness, honesty.Section 2 sets out the four principles and Section 3 the key ethical standards of the Dental Council’s Code of Practice regarding Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct, so you can name them.
The conflictWhere two of them conflicted, stated plainly.Section 4 works through six dilemmas of Irish dental practice, from informed consent and overtreatment to commercial pressure and emergency access.
The decision and its reasonWhich obligation prevailed, and why, with what you knew at the time.Section 7 sets weak and strong responses side by side in five cases.
The reconsiderationWhat you would weigh differently now, with dated evidence of what has changed.Section 8 covers the evidence of remediation and the remediation portfolio — and this course is a dated item for it.

An acknowledgement followed by the word ‘but’ reads as a defence, not as insight.

Take advice from your indemnifier, your union or professional body, or a solicitor before you respond to anyone.

Facing a Dental Council complaint or fitness to practise inquiry? This course helps you remediate — and show it.

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How this course helps with a Dental Council complaint

Weak and strong responses, side by side

The course pairs weak and strong responses to five situations — an extraction without alternatives explained, notes altered to hide a missed periodontal check, repeated expensive gifts from a patient, inflated insurance claims, and a dismissive remark to a nervous patient — and shows what separates them: an honest admission, an explicit link to the Dental Council’s principles, targeted CPD, and safeguards that can be checked, such as audits and patient feedback.

Remediation you can evidence

Section 8 sets out the evidence a remediation portfolio gathers: reflective statements, CPD certificates, audit results, mentor or supervisor reports, and patient satisfaction surveys. No page can tell you what the Committee or the Council will weigh in your case; a dated certificate and a reflection that names the standard are material your adviser can decide how to use. For the stages from the first letter to the High Court, see the fitness to practise process in Ireland, explained.

Read the primary sources

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Who wrote it

Dr Shehzad Iqbal

Course author and facilitator, Healthcare Ethics Ireland

Dr Iqbal wrote this course. He combines clinical practice with a formal postgraduate qualification in healthcare law and ethics, and has worked with registrants across the regulated health professions, online and face to face, since 2020.

He founded Probity & Ethics in the United Kingdom in 2020 and Healthcare Ethics Courses, which issues the certificates, in 2025. More about us.

MBBS · MRCS · MRCGP · Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Law and Ethics, University of Dundee

Written and reviewed by Dr Shehzad Iqbal. Last reviewed 22 October 2026.

In short

Ethics and Ethical Standards for Dentists and Dental Professionals is a two-hour, self-paced remediation course for dentists and dental professionals registered with the Dental Council of Ireland who face a complaint, an application for an inquiry before the Fitness to Practise Committee, an inquiry or a decision on sanction, written to the Code of Practice regarding Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct (2022). It covers the four principles — autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice; the Code’s key ethical standards, from honesty and consent to boundaries, financial integrity, candour and digital professionalism; six dilemmas of Irish dental practice, including overtreatment, commercial pressure and access to emergency care; confidentiality, GDPR and tele-dentistry; probity and accountability; five weak and strong responses compared; and the evidence a remediation portfolio gathers. Ten sections, the first nine closing with a reflective quiz, a post-course assessment, and a dated certificate from Healthcare Ethics Courses. It is remediation and dated evidence of it; it decides no complaint, and it is not a substitute for advice from your indemnifier, your union or professional body, or a solicitor.

When clinical need and the business of dentistry conflict

An ethics complaint about a dentist need not describe a dentist who ignored ethics. It can describe a dentist who followed one principle and did not notice that another was engaged. Dental practice joins clinical decisions to charges for them. The patient who wants whitening, the tooth that could be crowned or filled, the medical card patient and the private patient waiting for the same urgent slot: in each the principles can conflict, and the question afterwards is whether the dentist saw the conflict and decided it, or simply acted.

The course sets out each principle, the Code’s key ethical standards and the ways each can be breached, and applies them to social media, digital imaging and tele-dentistry as well as the surgery. Where principles conflict, it shows how to balance them, justify the reasoning and document it.

In a written response, name the principles that were in conflict, say which you put first and why, and say what you would weigh differently now.

What these words mean

The three terms that decide where a complaint about a dentist goes, and the principles the course is built on.

Fitness to Practise Committee: The Dental Council committee that receives an application for an inquiry, considers whether there is a prima facie case, and holds the inquiry. The Council decides any sanction.
Professional misconduct: The first ground in section 38(1) of the Dentists Act 1985. The Council describes it as a serious falling short in the standards expected of a dentist. A finding of professional misconduct may be published without the dentist’s consent (section 38(5)).
Erasure: The Dentists Act 1985 word for removal from the register (section 39), where the other Irish Acts say cancellation. The dentist may apply to the High Court within 21 days; otherwise the Council may apply to the Court for confirmation.

The four principles and the other terms the course uses

Autonomy: The patient’s right to decide about their own treatment on the basis of a full explanation of options, benefits, risks and costs, and without pressure. Breached by proceeding without valid consent, by coercion, and by treating a refusal as a problem to be managed.
Beneficence: The obligation to act for the patient’s long-term oral health, with care that is evidence-based and patient-centred. Breached by overtreatment, by undertreatment, and by putting convenience or income before benefit.
Non-maleficence: The obligation not to cause avoidable harm: safe infection control, safe prescribing, and declining work beyond your competence and referring instead.
Justice: Fairness between patients: the same standard of care whatever a patient’s background, insurance or ability to pay, and urgent care allocated on clinical need.
Informed consent: Agreement to treatment given by a patient who has had a full explanation of the options, benefits, risks and costs and is free to decline. A consent complaint asks whether each of these was present and whether the record shows it.
Overtreatment and undertreatment: Treatment beyond what the patient needs, for income, or less than they need, for time or resources. The course treats both as ethical concerns.
Probity: Integrity, fairness and transparency in clinical, administrative and financial matters: accurate records, truthful advertising and honest claims.
Candour and open disclosure: Telling the patient when something has gone wrong, with an explanation and an apology where appropriate. The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 commenced on 26 September 2024, apart from section 68.

The standards and provisions a complaint about a dentist engages

The Dental Council publishes the Code of Practice regarding Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct, and an allegation about a dentist is made and decided under the Dentists Act 1985. These are the Code, the grounds, the stages that decide an application for an inquiry and the sections of the Act behind them.

Dental Council — Code of Practice regarding Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct (2022)

The Council’s code in force since March 2022, which superseded the earlier Code of Practice on Professional Behaviour and Dental Ethics. The Council says the next revision, expected in 2027 to 2028, will add Open Disclosure Framework requirements. Read it.

For this course: Section 3 sets out the Code’s key ethical standards — honesty and probity, consent, confidentiality and data protection, professional boundaries, financial integrity and conflicts of interest, communication and candour, digital professionalism, and accountability — so that a response can name the standard engaged.

Section 38 — the application for an inquiry and its grounds

The Council or any person may apply to the Fitness to Practise Committee for an inquiry. The grounds include alleged professional misconduct and alleged unfitness to practise by reason of physical or mental disability; since 6 May 2025 they also include a failure to comply with section 32A and a prohibition or restriction on practising elsewhere. The Council describes professional misconduct as “a serious falling short in the standards expected of a dentist”. Read it.

For this course: The conduct an ethics allegation describes — consent, fees, confidentiality, a boundary, honesty — is the subject of Sections 3 to 7.

Section 38(2) to (5) — the prima facie case, the notice and the inquiry

The Fitness to Practise Committee first considers whether there is a prima facie case. If there is, it must hold the inquiry; if not, the Council may decide on no further action or direct an inquiry. Under section 38(4) the dentist receives written notice of the proposed evidence, and under section 38(5) findings are not published without the dentist’s consent, except findings of professional misconduct or of unfitness to practise. Read it.

For this course: Section 8 covers the evidence of remediation and the portfolio; a certificate dated before the Committee decides shows you acted before anyone required you to.

Sections 39 to 41 — sanctions and High Court confirmation

After an inquiry the Council may decide on erasure or suspension from the register (section 39), attach conditions to retention on the register (section 40), or advise, admonish or censure (section 41). No fine appears in these sections. The dentist may apply to the High Court within 21 days; otherwise the Council may apply ex parte for confirmation. Since 6 May 2025 advice, admonishment and censure also take effect only on confirmation or once the 21 days pass. Read it.

For this course: The course is dated evidence of remediation completed before the Council decides between advice, admonishment, censure, conditions, suspension and erasure.

Also engaged: Section 44 — an application by the Council to the High Court for suspension; one dentist was suspended this way in 2024 · S.I. 151/2025 — the commencement on 6 May 2025 of the 2020 Act for sections 38 and 41 of the Dentists Act · Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 — commenced on 26 September 2024, apart from section 68.

What happens after a complaint about a dentist reaches the Dental Council

The stages under the Dentists Act 1985, as amended on 6 May 2025. At each of them three questions are worth answering in writing: did you see the ethical question, did you decide it for reasons you can state, and have you reconsidered it, with dated evidence.

An application for an inquiry
In the Dentists Act 1985 a complaint is an application to the Fitness to Practise Committee for an inquiry, and the Council or any person can make one. For mediation the Council points to the Dental Complaints Resolution Service, which is voluntary on both sides, and it has no statutory power to make a dentist redo work.
The Committee considers whether there is a prima facie case
If there is a prima facie case, the Committee must hold the inquiry; if not, the Council may decide on no further action or direct an inquiry regardless. In 2024 two matters had no prima facie evidence and two were sent forward for inquiry (Annual Report 2024).
Written notice of the proposed evidence
Under section 38(4) you receive written notice of the evidence the Committee proposes to hear. No response deadline is published: check your letter, and ask the Council if it does not say. A dated certificate and your reflection are material your adviser can put forward from this point.
Undertakings
The Council’s Annual Report 2024 records: “Undertakings were accepted from another dentist instead of a High Court application”. When an undertaking can be offered, and what it may contain, is not published, so ask your adviser.
The fitness to practise inquiry
The Committee hears the evidence at the inquiry. The Council does not publish whether an inquiry sits in public or in private. In 2024 the Council considered two inquiries under section 38, and one dentist was found guilty of professional misconduct and censured. The Council publishes outcomes on its Fitness to Practice page.
The Council’s sanction and the High Court
The Council decides the sanction: advice, admonishment or censure, conditions, suspension or erasure. You may apply to the High Court within 21 days; otherwise the Council may apply for confirmation (section 39). Since 6 May 2025 advice, admonishment and censure also take effect only on confirmation or once the 21 days pass (section 41). Under section 44 the Council may apply to the High Court for suspension.

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Frequently asked questions

What should a response to a Dental Council complaint about ethics contain?

Your reasoning: which principles were engaged, where they conflicted, which prevailed and why, what the effect was on the patient, and what you would weigh differently now. Name the standard in the Code of Practice regarding Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct that the conduct did not meet, and attach dated evidence of what has changed. Have your indemnifier, your union or professional body, or a solicitor read it before it is sent.

Should I take advice before I respond to the Council?

Yes — before anything is written to the Council, the Fitness to Practise Committee or your employer. We do not name a particular body here: speak to your indemnifier, your union or professional body, or a solicitor. Nothing on this page is legal advice.

Can this course be used as evidence of remediation in a Dental Council complaint?

It can be part of the evidence, but no course decides a complaint. Whether and how to use a course is for you and your adviser. What this course gives you is a dated certificate and the material for a reflection that names the standard engaged and what has changed.

A patient says I recommended treatment they did not need. What does the course cover?

Section 4 works through overtreatment against undertreatment and conflicts of interest under commercial pressure; Sections 3 and 6 cover financial integrity, transparent fees and disclosing cheaper alternatives; and Section 7 compares a weak and a strong response to financial misconduct. Whether a treatment plan was justified on your facts is a question for your adviser.

When can I disclose confidential information without consent?

The course treats this as a conflict between confidentiality and a duty to disclose (Section 4), and sets out the ethical duty of confidentiality and GDPR compliance in dental practice (Section 5). Before you disclose, or if a complaint says you should not have, take advice: whether a disclosure was justified depends on the facts and on the law.

How is this course different from Professionalism and Professional Standards for Dentists and Dental Professionals?

This course is about the reasoning behind a decision: the principles involved, the conflicts between them, and how you account for them. The Professionalism course is about conduct and behaviour: attributes such as accountability and respect, communication, documentation and digital practice. A complaint that says a decision was wrong fits this course; one that describes how you behaved fits the Professionalism course; some complaints need both.

Does the course cover social media, clinical images and tele-dentistry?

Yes. Section 3 has a lesson on digital professionalism, Section 4 one on digital professionalism and social media, and Section 5 covers confidentiality in the digital era, social media, and tele-dentistry and virtual consultations, including before-and-after images posted without written consent.

Can this course be part of an undertaking?

It can be part of the evidence. The Dental Council’s Annual Report 2024 records that undertakings were accepted from a dentist instead of a High Court application, but when an undertaking can be offered and what it may contain is not published. Whether a course meets a particular undertaking or condition depends on its wording, so read it with your adviser before you enrol.

How long does it take, and does it count as CPD?

The course is 2 CPD hours, self-paced, with access for twelve months from purchase. The certificate is issued on completion, dated, with the course title and the CPD hours. CPD is not yet mandatory in law for dentists in Ireland, but the Council says “the ethical requirement for dentists to undertake CPD remains unchanged”. Record the course and your reflection in your own CPD record.

Can I get a certificate with a later date?

No. The certificate records the date you completed the course, and that date does not change. If the Council, the Fitness to Practise Committee or an employer asks for recent evidence, you buy the course again: half price within twelve months of your original purchase, the full €100 after that.

Will anyone be told that I am taking the course?

No. Nobody is told you are enrolled. We do not share participant details with the Dental Council, an employer, a union or an indemnifier; the certificate reaches them only if you attach it to your own response.

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