Special Care Dentistry — UK dental training 2026

Where you can train in special care dentistry in 2026: 58 DCT places at 43 sites · 11 StR centres · 3 London/KSS StR posts.

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DCT posts including Special Care Dentistry

Site	Town	Region	Places
Royal London Dental Hospital (Barts Health)	London (Whitechapel)	London	5
Newcastle Dental Hospital	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	4
East Surrey Hospital	Redhill	Kent, Surrey and Sussex	3
KCHFT North East London Outreach Dental Service (borough-wide)	NE London (outreach)	London	3
William Harvey Hospital	Ashford (Kent)	Kent, Surrey and Sussex	2
King's College Hospital (Dental Institute)	London (Denmark Hill)	London	2
Bromley Healthcare CDS	Bromley	London	2
Gateshead & South Tyneside CDS	Gateshead	North East	2
University Dental Hospital of Manchester	Manchester	North West	2
School of Dentistry, Royal Victoria Hospital	Belfast	Northern Ireland	2
Glasgow Dental Hospital & School	Glasgow	Scotland	2
Birmingham Dental Hospital (BCHC)	Birmingham	West Midlands	2
Northamptonshire Community Dental Service	Northampton	East Midlands	1
Community Dental Services CIC (Norfolk & Waveney)	Norwich	East of England	1
Kent Community Health NHS FT CDS (clinics across Kent)	Maidstone	Kent, Surrey and Sussex	1
Guy's Hospital (GSTT)	London (Southwark)	London	1
CLCH Dental (St Charles Centre for Health & Care)	London (North Kensington)	London	1
Whittington Hospital / CHS	London (Archway)	London	1
Northumbria CDS (Albion Road Resource Centre; also Wansbeck, Ashington)	North Shields	North East	1
Tees CDS / County Durham & Darlington CDS (split week; CDD base Chester-le-Street)	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	1
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital	Blackburn	North West	1
Royal Preston Hospital	Preston	North West	1
Countess of Chester Hospital	Chester	North West	1
Liverpool University Dental Hospital	Liverpool	North West	1
Manchester University NHS FT (Central/South sites)	Manchester	North West	1
Dundee Dental Hospital & School	Dundee	Scotland	1
Edinburgh Dental Institute	Edinburgh	Scotland	1
Buckinghamshire Priority Dental Services (CNWL — clinics Milton Keynes, Stoke Mandeville, High Wycombe)	Milton Keynes	Thames Valley	1
East Oxford Dental Clinic (CDS)	Oxford	Thames Valley	1
Prince Charles Hospital	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	1
Holywell Community Hospital	Holywell	Wales	1
CDS Barry	Barry	Wales	1
University Dental Hospital	Cardiff	Wales	1
Swansea Central Clinic (CDS)	Swansea	Wales	1
Morriston Hospital	Swansea	Wales	1
Gosport War Memorial Hospital / Havant HC (CDS)	Gosport	Wessex	1
University Hospital Southampton	Southampton	Wessex	1
Worcestershire Royal Hospital / Worcester CDS	Worcester	West Midlands	1
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital / Sheffield Teaching Hospitals	Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	1
Community Dental Services CIC (Colchester Primary Care Centre)	Colchester	East of England	0
KSS Middle Years Pilot	Crawley	Kent, Surrey and Sussex	0
London Middle Years Pilot (North)	London	London	0
Bristol Dental Hospital / UHBW	Bristol	South West	0

Specialty (StR) training centres

Liverpool University Dental Hospital

Liverpool

University Dental Hospital of Manchester

Manchester

Leeds Dental Institute

Leeds

Charles Clifford Dental Hospital

Sheffield

Newcastle Dental Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne

Bristol Dental Hospital

Bristol

Royal London Dental Hospital (Barts Health)

London (Whitechapel)

UCLH Eastman Dental Hospital

London (Bloomsbury)

Glasgow Dental Hospital & School

Glasgow

Edinburgh Dental Institute

Edinburgh

Dundee Dental Hospital & School

Dundee

DST recruitment — Special Care Dentistry (2026 regional numbers not published)

Regional numbers not published by NHS England for the 2026 round — check the official page.

Official recruitment page

London & KSS post-level listings 2026

Special Care Dentistry StR — UCLH · JD (PDF)
Special Care Dentistry StR — Kent Community Health FT · JD (PDF)
Special Care Dentistry StR — Barts Health + KCFT · JD (PDF)

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