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A dental nurse CV should show your GDC registration, the treatments you support at the chair, how you keep instruments and surgeries safe, and any extra qualifications such as radiography or oral health education. Practice managers also look for calm, kind patient care, so show it with one example.

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Holly Pearce
Dental Nurse

Profile

GDC-registered dental nurse with seven years in a mixed NHS and private practice, five of them qualified. Supports dentists and hygienists at the chair, runs decontamination to the practice's procedures and keeps nervous patients calm. Qualified in dental radiography. Looking for a lead dental nurse or treatment coordinator role.

Experience

Dental Nurse Riverside Dental Care, Exeter · 2021–present

Support two dentists and a hygienist with check-ups, fillings, extractions, root canals and crowns.

Prepare surgeries, instruments and materials, and run the decontamination room to the practice's infection control procedures.

Take radiographs as prescribed and keep patient records up to date on the practice system.

Look after nervous patients before and during treatment, and give oral hygiene advice.

Trainee Dental Nurse Riverside Dental Care, Exeter · 2019–2021

Qualifications

Level 3 Diploma in Dental Nursing, GDC registered 2021

Certificate in Dental Radiography 2023

Basic life support and medical emergencies (refreshed 2026)

Fictional example for a dental nurse. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What dental practices look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Support the dental team during patient appointmentsTwo dentists and a hygienist, across check-ups to crowns
Prepare dental instruments, materials and equipmentPreparing surgeries, instruments and materials
Welcome patients and make sure they're comfortableLooking after nervous patients before and during treatment
Follow infection controls, like sterilising instrumentsRunning the decontamination room to the practice's procedures
Update and maintain patient records on a computer systemPatient records on the practice system
Give advice on routine oral healthcareOral hygiene advice to patients

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a dental nurse. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 49 words here
  • Experience: 81 words here
  • Qualifications: 24 words here
  • Skills: 16 words here
  • Systems: 9 words here

How to write yours

01

Put GDC registration in the header

Practices cannot employ an unregistered qualified dental nurse. Make it the first thing they see.

02

List the treatments

Naming the treatments you support shows your range better than “chairside assisting”.

03

Add extra qualifications

Radiography, impression taking or oral health education each widen what you can do; give them with the year.

04

Show patient care

Practices value nurses who calm anxious patients. One line saying how you do it is enough.

Checks and qualifications to mention

  • GDC registration. You'll need to register with the General Dental Council (National Careers Service). Give the year and keep your registration current.
  • Enhanced DBS check. The National Careers Service lists enhanced background checks for this job.
  • Trainee? If you are training, say which qualification you are studying and when you expect to register.

One page suits most dental nursing jobs. The Modern side column keeps registration and systems easy to scan.

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