The Dental Council of Ireland has revealed that it is only accepting a maximum of 10 new applications for the 2018 examinations for non-EEA trained dentists.

The council said that this is due to capacity issues arising from the high number of candidates already in the examination process and who are eligible to repeat a part of the examination, as per the examination regulations.

Places will be allocated on a strict first-come, first-served basis to new applicants who have submitted fully-completed applications. Incomplete applications will be returned.

A reserve or standby list will be in operation in the event that a new applicant or repeat candidate fails to accept an offer of a place.

First-time applications will be accepted up to 30 November. Repeat candidates have until 31 October to confirm their intention to resit the relevant part of the 2018 examination.