Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS)
Exam overview
The MFDS exam assesses the knowledge and skills you have gained in dental training. Passing the MFDS is your next step towards pursuing specialty training.
After passing both Parts 1 and 2 of the MFDS, you are invited to become a member and join our world-leading community.
The MFDS exam is changing to a unified, tri-collegiate exam delivered together by the three UK royal surgical colleges. It is designed to assess the competence of a dental core trainee completing the third year of training and provides a recognised gateway for entry into dental specialty training.
The last sittings of the legacy MFDS exam are in October 2026 for Part 1 and March 2027 for Part 2.