Sir, I have recently received the spring issue of the GDC Gazette, which contains several pages of conduct cases, each report given in prurient detail with the miscreants stripped of their courtesy titles. Contrast this with the similar publication from the General Medical Council. They generally select one case per issue and grant the practitioner concerned anonymity.

Which body, I wonder, considers itself to hold the higher moral ground? There are other differences too. The GMC only charges medical practitioners £290 per year; the GDC charges £409 despite the fact that dental incomes are far lower than those of medical practitioners. Finally, medical practitioners can remain registered free of charge after the age of 65 whereas dentists have to pay and maintain our CPD in order to do so.