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Restoring your Registration
The Dental Council recommends that you allow for the restoration process to take three months. We aim to finalise applications as quickly as possible but delays can occur due to incomplete applications or if additional information is required.
The Dental Council would advise that you do not book patients in before you are registered.
Payment of a restoration fee does not automatically confer entitlement to restoration. You must complete the restoration process and await confirmation from the Registration Department that you have been restored to the Register.
If you did not resign from the Register and you were instead suspended or erased, you are liable for the payment of backdated fees and/or high court costs. Please contact the registration department at info@dentalcouncil.ie for the total on the amount due.
Application Details for Restoration
The Registration Department will only deal with the applicant regarding applications for restoration.
Please refer to the checklist below to ensure that you compile a complete application:
Checklist to restore your name to the Register [pdf]
Restoration application form [pdf]
To make an application please submit by post to the address below:
- Completed restoration form
- Identification
- Letters/Certificates of good standing
- Translations
- Restoration fee
In this section…
- Fees and Online Payments
- Resigning from the Register
- Irish Graduates
- Mutual Recognition - Canada
- Dentists
- Dental Specialists
- Auxiliary Dental Workers
- Restoring your Registration
- Additional Qualifications
- Professional Good Standing
- Examination Details
- Language proficiency
- Applicants with Refugee or Temporary Protection Status