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How much does it cost to register as a dentist abroad, country by country?

Where every fee is published, the fees you may pay to register as a dentist run from about US$575 in Qatar to about US$10,600 in the United Kingdom, before visas and flights; the fastest route takes about 5 months, in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Checked 23 Oct 2026 · Sources ↓

Fees and time by country

Registration fees and time on each country's main route, cheapest first
Country and route	You may pay	Employer usually pays	Time	English test score
Every fee in the total
QatarQCHP · General Dentist licence (DHP) →	QAR 1,210 + US$244~US$575Who pays varies	—	about 6 months	Not stated
What the total covers Pass the DHP Prometric qualifying examWho pays varies · Source ↗US$244 Primary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)Who pays varies · Source ↗QAR 1,210
United KingdomGDC · GDC registration via the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) →	£8,265~US$10,600	—	about 18 months	Not stated
What the total covers Apply to sit the ORE (GBP 115 application processing fee)You pay · Source ↗£115 Pass ORE Part 1 (computer-based, in person; GBP 485; up to four attempts)You pay · Source ↗£485 Pass ORE Part 2 (practical, over several days; GBP 6,967; within five years of first attempting Part 1)You pay · Source ↗£6,967 Apply for GDC registration (the annual retention fee is GBP 698)You pay · Source ↗£698
Some fees not in the total
United Arab EmiratesDHA · General Dentist licence (Unified PQR) →	AED 200~US$54Who pays variesCovers the one step with a published fee	—	about 5 months	Not stated
What the total covers Apply to DHA to Get Registered once DataFlow and the exam are done (decision in five working days)Who pays varies · Source ↗AED 200
Saudi ArabiaSCFHS · General Practitioner Dentist classification (SCFHS) →	SAR 600~US$160Who pays variesCovers the one step with a published fee	—	about 6 months	None named
What the total covers Primary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)Who pays varies · Source ↗SAR 600
KuwaitKuwait MOH · Ministry of Health licence, General Dentist (private sector) →	KWD 50~US$165Who pays variesCovers the one step with a published fee	—	about 6 months	None named
What the total covers Job offer from a Kuwait clinic, dental centre or hospital (the institution submits the licence request)Who pays varies · Source ↗KWD 50
OmanOman MOH · Ministry of Health private-sector licence, General Dentist →	OMR 100 + US$220~US$480Who pays variesCovers the two steps with published fees	—	about 6 months	Not stated
What the total covers Job offer from a private clinic or hospital (its owner applies for your licence through the eHealth portal)Who pays varies · Source ↗OMR 100 Pass the OMSB Omani Examination for General Dentistry at a Pearson VUE centre (100 questions, 2.5 hours, 65%)Who pays varies · Source ↗US$220
AustraliaAhpra · Dental Board registration via the ADC assessment (initial assessment, written and practical examinations) →	AUD 7,544~US$5,030Covers the three steps with published fees	—	about 24 months	Required, unless exempt
What the total covers ADC initial assessment of your qualification (AUD 647; about eight weeks; valid seven years)You pay · Source ↗AUD 647 Pass the ADC written examination (two days; AUD 2,122; about five months; valid five years)You pay · Source ↗AUD 2,122 Pass the ADC practical examination (AUD 4,775; four to seven months to results)You pay · Source ↗AUD 4,775
No fees in the total
BahrainNHRA · General Dentist licence (NHRA) →	—No step on this route has a published fee	—	about 5 months	None named

What drives the cost

The largest single fees on these routes, as the regulator or exam body publishes them:

United KingdomPass ORE Part 2 (practical, over several days; GBP 6,967; within five years of first attempting Part 1)You pay · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Source ↗
£6,967
AustraliaPass the ADC practical examination (AUD 4,775; four to seven months to results)You pay · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Source ↗
AUD 4,775
QatarPrimary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)Who pays varies · checked 23 Oct 2026 · Source ↗
QAR 1,210
OmanJob offer from a private clinic or hospital (its owner applies for your licence through the eHealth portal)Who pays varies · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Source ↗
OMR 100

What the totals leave out

Visa and work permit fees, and the job offer itself.
Flights, travel to an exam centre, and where you stay.
Your English test (its fee depends on the test and where you sit it), and papers from home: certificates of good standing, translations and attestation.
Resits, and steps only some people take (by where you trained or your passport).
Figures marked ~ are converted to US dollars at fixed rates of 1 Oct 2026, only to set countries side by side; each fee is charged in the currency shown beside it.

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