Dentello supplies, activates and supports dentists for dental practices and groups across the UK — from one vacancy to an entire portfolio.
Recruitment gets someone into the chair. Retention keeps them there — and keeps the chair earning. Every Dentello placement includes both, as standard.
Most agencies stop at the introduction. Dentello stays for the life of the placement — sourcing, activating and keeping your dentist productive.
If a dentist we placed leaves, Dentello activates the replacement pathway and works to introduce a suitable replacement, with no new placement fee. Your chair doesn't sit empty.
Sponsor licence, Skilled Worker visa, GDC and NHS numbers — managed end to end, third-party costs at cost. You don't touch a form.
When your dentist is out, cover keeps NHS activity and revenue flowing. Available with NHS Protected, built into the agreement.
Dentello combines workforce supply, activation, ongoing support and workforce technology in one relationship.
| Dentello | Typical recruitment agency | |
|---|---|---|
| £0 placement fee | ✓ | Usually charged |
| Pay linked to UDAs delivered | ✓ | ✗No |
| Dentist sourcing | ✓ | ✓Yes |
| Activation handled (performer list, OHC, DBS) | ✓ | Varies |
| Replacement if a dentist leaves | ✓ | Varies · often time-limited |
| Ongoing involvement after placement | ✓ | Usually limited |
| Locum protection | ✓ NHS Protected | ✗No |
| Workforce platform | ✓ Dentello OS | ✗No |
A recruiter helps you find a dentist. Dentello stays involved in the workforce relationship.
We don't start searching when a vacancy appears.
Dentello runs a proprietary supply network of UK and international dentists - reach no job board or recruiter can replicate.
UK-based dentists moving practices, returning to work or progressing their careers.
Overseas-trained dentists Dentello sources and brings to the UK, fully supported.
Referral partners and dentist communities that surface candidates job boards never reach.
A standing pool of vetted, ready-to-place dentists, so a vacancy never starts from zero.
Built over years of workforce deployment across UK dentistry. See where it has worked →
Dentists are the hardest role to fill, so they are where we start. But Dentello staffs the whole surgery - the wider clinical team that keeps your chairs productive.
Orthodontists, endodontists, oral surgeons and more - the high-value clinicians that grow private revenue.
NHS, mixed and private - sourced in the UK and overseas, fully sponsored where needed.
Expanding chair capacity and building the hygiene book - routine, preventive and recall care.
The clinical support that keeps every surgery running.
All-inclusive and VAT inclusive, covering your dentist's pay and Dentello's service. £0 placement fee, and no other Dentello fees.
The supported rate while a dentist completes an approved mentorship pathway — usually 6 to 9 months, up to a maximum of 12. On completion, the placement moves onto the plan you chose at signing.
The all-inclusive rate for a fully activated NHS dentist — sourcing, activation, onboarding and ongoing workforce support. You pay only on UDAs delivered and accepted in NHS Compass.
Everything in NHS Ready, plus locum cover when your dentist is absent and from the day a dentist leaves until a replacement starts — so the chair keeps earning.
Outside England, NHS care is fee-per-item or care-package rather than UDA. Dentello works on a 45 / 45 / 10 split of gross revenue — practice 45%, dentist 45%, Dentello 10% — with the same £0 placement fee.
5,000 UDAs a year per full-time dentist is the minimum activity you make available, not a cap. Part-time arrangements are pro rata.
21% of NHS dentist posts unfilled. Over £400m of NHS dental funding handed back in a year. 97% of new adult NHS patients turned away.
This is not a recruitment challenge. It is a structural failure, and it cannot be solved by a job board, a locum agency or a one-off placement fee.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee found the Government's recovery plan failed to deliver, and the NHS dental contract unfit for purpose.
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, February 2025.
One managed line from enquiry to a dentist treating your patients - every step handled. Watch it run.
Drag the sliders to see the real cost of covering an NHS vacancy with a locum, then compare it with Dentello's UDA-based workforce rates.
The NHS Ready and NHS Protected figures show what Dentello's fee would be for the same annual UDA output (annual UDAs × £15 or × £16). Dentello's rate is VAT inclusive and includes the dentist's pay. Illustrative only — actual locum costs vary by clinician, location, working pattern, agency arrangements and associated expenses.
Dentello OS brings contracts, compliance, right-to-work, sponsorship and workforce information into one system — separate from your workforce fees, and optional on every plan.
We supply fully managed, GDC and NHS ready dentists to dental businesses across the UK. Whoever you are, the workforce is handled end to end, from sourcing to first day.
Fill a vacancy or add chair capacity with a fully managed dentist — sourced from our network, GDC and NHS activated, and in the chair from day one. £0 placement fee, no agency day rates, and a replacement pathway if they ever leave.
Own a handful of practices? Plan and fill clinical workforce across every site with one partner and one point of contact — group-level reporting, priority sourcing, and cover that flexes between your sites as demand shifts.
Scaling a DSO, or acquiring and turning around clinics? We supply the clinical workforce that makes growth and deals deliverable, as we did for Visage Orthodontics.
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An illustrative estimate, based on 300+ dentists placed, each delivering around 5,000 patient appointments a year. Sources: NHS dental statistics and Dentello placement data.
Book a no-obligation call with the Dentello team. We will look at your vacancy, your contract type and your region, and show you exactly how the workforce programme would work for you.
Dentello's UDA rates are all-inclusive and VAT inclusive: £13/UDA during PLVE/VTE mentorship, £15/UDA on NHS Ready and £16/UDA on NHS Protected. The rate covers your dentist's pay and Dentello's service — there is nothing else to pay us, and no placement fee.
Yes — £0 placement fee, and no other Dentello fees outside the UDA rate. The all-inclusive per-UDA rate is the only thing you pay us, charged only on UDAs your dentist delivers and that are accepted in NHS Compass, and your first month of Dentello's fees is free. Where sponsorship applies, the Home Office's own visa and licence fees are paid separately to the government, not to Dentello.
Yes. 5,000 UDAs a year per full-time dentist is the minimum activity you make available, not a cap. Many dentists deliver 6,000 to 7,000 or more, and you pay the same per-UDA rate on every UDA delivered and accepted in NHS Compass. Part-time arrangements are pro rata.
You do. Dentello sources, assesses and matches suitable dentists to your practice, but you interview and approve before any placement proceeds.
Timelines depend on whether the dentist needs a visa. A dentist already in the UK with the right to work can be in the chair within 1 to 2 weeks. A dentist coming from overseas, who needs a visa and sponsorship, is usually 1 to 2 months — quickest when you already hold a sponsor licence with a Certificate of Sponsorship ready to assign, and longer if a new sponsor licence is needed first. We give you a realistic timeline for your situation before you commit, and run every step in parallel to keep it as short as possible.
Dentello activates the replacement pathway and works to introduce a suitable replacement, with no new placement fee. Replacement support applies throughout the agreed workforce relationship — it is not limited to a short guarantee window.
NHS Protected (£16/UDA) is everything in NHS Ready, plus protection against the two things that actually hurt when a placement wobbles. First, locum cover when your dentist is absent, so NHS activity and income keep flowing. Second, locum cover from the day a dentist leaves until their replacement starts, so the chair is not sitting empty while we recruit. The extra £1/UDA buys that continuity — not a different recruitment service.
Where a dentist needs an approved mentorship pathway, the £13/UDA rate applies during that supported period — usually 6 to 9 months, up to a maximum of 12. On successful completion, the placement moves onto the NHS Ready or NHS Protected plan you chose at signing.
Not every dentist needs sponsorship — many are already in the UK with the right to work, and need no visa or licence at all. Where sponsorship is needed: if you already hold a sponsor licence with a Certificate of Sponsorship ready, Dentello assigns it for your dentist and guides them through their visa application free of charge — no subscription needed. If you need a new sponsor licence, or want us to run the whole sponsorship, CoS and visa process, you add Dentello OS Essential (£199/month + VAT) or Complete (£599/month + VAT), and we prepare and submit the applications for you. You pay the Home Office's own fees directly (sponsor licence, CoS, Immigration Skills Charge and visa), and the final decision always rests with the Home Office.
No. Dentello OS is a separate, optional workforce-management product, priced per site per month. Basic is free; Essential is £199/month + VAT and Complete is £599/month + VAT.
No pitch. No pressure. Just a conversation about your workforce and whether Dentello is the right fit for your practice.
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