To be eligible for the award of the diploma all candidates must: 

• possess a primary dental qualification that is acceptable to the Council of The Royal College of Surgeons of England;
• have complied with all the regulations, and have signed, in the presence of an officer of the College, a declaration of compliance with the ordinances of the College.

Part B of the DSCD examination is held in the UK and will examine elements from all the 7 modules of the curriculum:

Module 1: Oral Sciences of Relevance

Module 2: Knowledge & Understanding of Conditions leading to Impairment & Disabilities

Module 3: Behavioural Sciences & Sociology of Health, Impairment & Disability

Module 4: Law, Ethics and Health & Safety

Module 5: Provision of Comprehensive Oral CareModule 6: Developing Services in a Community Setting

Module 7: Clinical Effectiveness

It consists of the following components:

• 2 problem solving structured clinical reasoning (SCR) stations - assessing clinical reasoning and application of knowledge;
• 2 clinical governance SCRs - assessing clinical reasoning and application of knowledge;
• 2 unseen case SCRs - assessing communication, clinical reasoning and application of knowledge;
• 1 communication skills station - assessing communication only.