For overseas-qualified dentists in the UK
A live programme for overseas-qualified dentists at every stage — before the ORE, after it, or starting your first UK role — covering the notes, complaints, contracts, culture and confidence nobody explains.
Led personally by a UK-trained, GDC-registered dentist · Full refund after the first session if it's not right for you
"I've sat with colleague after colleague who trained brilliantly, worked unbelievably hard to get here, and still felt like an outsider in their own profession — not because of their dentistry, but because nobody ever explained the rest. The notes. The complaints. The small talk. The practice that turned out to be the wrong one. This programme is the conversation I wish someone had had with each of them."
Dr Tayyib Ali, BDS (Hons) UK-trained dentist · GDC registered · founder, Overseas Dental Academy
Who's teaching
I graduated with Honours from the University of Birmingham and have practised across NHS and mixed practices in the UK — from high-needs communities to affluent areas — alongside completing the year-long implant programme with the British Academy of Implant and Restorative Dentistry, where I finished top of my cohort.
Born, raised and educated here, I know how UK dentistry works from the inside — and having watched talented overseas-qualified colleagues navigate a system that was never explained to them, I built this programme to bridge that gap properly.
If any of this feels familiar
You spent years and thousands of pounds getting registered. Then UK practice began — and the rules nobody wrote down started to matter more than the ones you studied for.
Feeling judged, underestimated, or one mistake away from trouble — before you've even picked up a handpiece. Most people never say it out loud.
UK records are a different world. One complaint, years later, can come down to what you did — or didn't — write.
What actually happens when a patient complains, and what your indemnity does and doesn't do — explained clearly, before you ever need it.
Small talk, indirectness, team dynamics, being "the foreign dentist" — the invisible rules everyone else seems to already know.
How to recognise a principal who'll support you, and how to read a contract with confidence instead of hoping for the best.
The curriculum
Live, small and practical — scripts, templates and real conversation, not lectures at a screen.
The regulators, the NHS system, UDAs, and a week-one checklist for any practice you walk into.
The complete note template, the consent conversation, and the gaps that quietly sink dentists.
Winning trust as the new dentist, and presenting options honestly — without pressure, without fear.
Prevention culture, recalls, radiograph habits — the guidance your practice will quietly measure you against.
Indemnity explained clearly, the first 48 hours of a complaint, and handling friction with your team.
Spotting a supportive practice, the red flags to walk away from, and the contract clauses that matter.
The unwritten rules of British working life, decoded — and your own personal 90-day plan.
This first-intake price is a one-time founding rate — it won't be repeated once this group is complete.
Questions
First intake · founding price · full refund after the first session if it's not for you.
Sign up now — £149Questions first? Email hello@overseasdentalacademy.co.uk — every message is read and answered personally.