Membership

Membership is available to any established business engaged in the manufacture, supply and/or servicing of goods or services used in the business of dentistry. Members are admitted in accordance with the Articles of Association and with the approval of Council.  Members will be notified about all applications and the Association's auditors will be asked for their comments before the application is referred to the Council. The four membership categories currently available are:

Full membership

The company must be:

  • engaged in the UK business of manufacturing and/or supplying products or services for dentists, dental laboratories etc. for use in the practice of dentistry;
  • able to show that total business in these areas is substantial;
  • able to produce two years' satisfactory trading accounts on application;
  • able to satisfy Council as to the integrity of the applicant as a company, partnership, owner or manager and that the company is able to perform its function efficiently and without undue risk.

Subscription rates start from £1,331.

Group membership

A supplementary payment will be payable by the group holding company for each subsidiary company associated with the dental industry and which trades with a totally different name and operates independently. Companies with group membership will be entitled to their own entry in the Association's Membership Directory.

Provisional membership

The Council may at its discretion admit provisional members who have been in business for less than three years.  Provisional membership shall normally not last for more than three years from the applicant's commencement of trading.  Council may permit transfer to full membership after three years, or earlier.  Provisional members have similar benefits to full members except voting, and must not state or imply that they are full members of the Association.

Affiliate membership

Granted at the discretion of Council, normally to firms with a major interest in dentistry (e.g. finance houses; journals; computer software suppliers).  Also used for newly established UK subsidiaries of international dental companies.  They have similar benefits to full members except voting.

For a membership pack contact Darran Lacey at the British Dental Trade Association on 01494 781188 or at darranlacey@bdta.org.uk

Alternatively, download an application form and list of subscription rates.