Accredited high-quality online training. Exams are now held online. We offer free virtual oral health training as part of the course.
The distance learning NEBDN accredited Oral Health Education course is suited to registered dental nurses who desire to become qualified oral health educators. The course is an excellent stepping stone towards retraining to become a hygienist.
Become qualified in 6 - 12 months
Who should apply?
You should only enrol for this course if you are employed, qualified, registered, indemnified and:
* We require the following documents completed and signed by yourself and your employer.
Please email scanned copies (you may take photos and email these) to [email protected].
Assessment information
The RoC must take a minimum of three months to complete and includes:
A) Assessment of seven patients, four of whom must each be seen twice.
B) Production of a detailed written case study (with a word count of 2250-2750 words). This is usually one of the patients from the topic ranges requiring second visits.
C) Supplementary outcomes including:
You must have access to the following topic ranges:
To be seen on two occasions |
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Prevention of Caries |
Periodontal Disease |
Non-Carious Tooth Surface Loss |
Oral Conditions |
To be seen on one occasion |
Care of Dentures |
Care of Fixed Prosthesis |
Care of Orthodontic Appliance |
Throughout your RoC, you need to see at least five of the patient groups below:
Pregnant / nursing mothers |
Parents of pre-school children (4 and under) |
Parents of primary school children (5 – 11) |
Adolescents (12–15) |
Adults (16–64) |
Seniors (65 and older) |
People with special needs / medically comprised people |
100% of our students passed the March 2020 NEBDN exam
Exams are held in March and September of each year.
NEBDN changed from written to online exams due to the current pandemic and they have confirmed the final exam will be online for the foreseeable future.
Exam |
Last day to register with NEBDN to sit this exam | RoC to be completed no later than* |
| September 2021 ( date to be confirmed) | 28/02/2021 | 15/06/2021 |
* We need to confirm your exam entry. In order to do this, we must have signed off your entire RoC as satisfactory by this date.
Gain 2 hours of verifiable CPD
The aim of this webinar is to learn how to utilise your skills and expertise outside of the dental surgery to promote good oral health habits during a time of pandemic. One hour of verifiable CPD awarded upon completion.
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The aim of this webinar is to understand the connection between oral health and general health. One hour of verifiable CPD awarded upon completion.
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Pay by telephone – 020 7193 0584
Request invoice – email [email protected]
The refund policy only applies if you have paid the course fee in full (£675.00) and does not apply if you paid by payment plan. Payment plan payments will not be refunded.
Modules 1-7 are non-refundable, and are valued at £199.00 including VAT.
Remaining fee: £476.00
If you have NOT completed the exam enrolment forms and applied for the RoC or started the RoC assessment tutorials, the remainder of the course fee is part-refundable. See table below:
| Cancel within 30 days | Receive refund: £476.00 minus £50.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel within 60 days |
Receive refund: £476.00 minus £75.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel within 90 days |
Receive refund: £476.00 minus £125.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel after 90 days |
Non-refundable |
You can defer the exam if you are unable to attend it or if you do not complete your RoC in time. The current fee for this is £30.00 (this is subject to change). When you register for an exam, you only have three attempts to sit the exam. For example, if you defer your first exam, this will count as one attempt and you would have two attempts left. Please contact [email protected] directly if you need to defer. Please note that there may be additional charges with DNN depending on when your online course and support access is due to expire.
If you use up all your exam attempts due to failing or deferring exams you will need to restart the course again.
NEBDN currently charges £175.00 to resit an exam. NEBDN charges are subject to change.
The NEBDN exam fee is non-refundable. If you have purchased this and not completed the exam entry forms, DNN will refund part of the payment. Please see above refund policy.
