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Table 1 Summary of demographics of the participants

From: Accreditation and professional integration experiences of internationally qualified dentists working in the United Kingdom

Variable

Categories

No. of participants

Total

EEA*

Non-EEA

Gender

Male

Female

18

20

7

7

11

13

Age at the time of interview

20–30 years

31–40 years

41–50 years

Above 51 years

4

15

17

2

4

6

3

1

0

9

14

1

Age at the time of migration

18 years and below

19–30 years

31–40 years

41–50 years

Above 51 years

British born

1

23

9

2

1

2

1

8

2

2

0

1

0

15

7

0

1

1

Source country based on WHO regions

European Region1

South–East Asian Region

Eastern Mediterranean Region

African Region

Western Pacific Region

Region of the Americas

17

10

5

3

2

1

14

0

0

0

0

0

3

10

5

3

2

1

Route to registration with the General Dental Council (UK’s registering body)

IQE/ORE

Exempt persons [EEA/Bilateral agreement1

None2

19

15

4

0

14

0

19

1

4

Current Status with the General Dental Council

GDC registered as dentists

GDC registered as DCP

GDC registered + SC (Dual registration)

Not registered

32

1

2

3

14

0

0

0

18

1

2

3

Destination country in UK

England

Wales

Northern Ireland

Scotland

33

2

2

1

12

0

1

1

21

2

1

0

  1. *EEA-European Economic area
  2. 1The WHO Europe includes 53 countries in the continent of Europe, whilst the European Union (EU) was an economic and political union of 28 countries and European Economic Area (includes all EU countries and Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein who have similar rights of access but are not EU members). At the time of research, the UK was still part of the EU, but had voted to leave in 2016
  3. 2Four IQDs were not registered with GDC; three were working in education, research and trade related to dentistry and one IQD was registered as dental therapist