Uttarakhand Dental Council Registration Name Mismatch

From the published text of the Dentists Act, 1948.

• A register of dentists is maintained for the state, and the state council has the duty of keeping it.
• The register includes the full name, nationality and residential address of the registered person, the date of first admission to the register, the qualification for registration with the date and the authority that conferred it, and the professional address.
• The state Government may direct that an annual renewal fee be paid to keep a name on the register.
• Where the fee is not paid by the due date, the Registrar removes the name. A name so removed may be restored on payment in the prescribed manner.
• On payment, the Registrar issues a certificate of renewal.
• The Act provides for transfer of registration from one state's register to another's.
• It has separate registers for dental hygienists and dental mechanics.

The Act asks for the full name. We did not find in it a procedure for a registered person to have a name corrected or changed. That is left to the council's rules and practice, which is why the council's office is the place to ask.

Most rows need a form and patience. Only one needs a Gazette.

We could not find this state council's procedure. Councils of other professions treat these as two services, and that is a safe way to think about it.

Ask the council's office for its form, fee and list before you prepare anything. Where it asks for a Gazette notification, that is the paper we prepare. Where a marriage certificate is enough, you do not need us.

• A dental clinic is set up on the dentist's registration. The offices that register or license the clinic read the dentist's name against the registration certificate.
• A dentist who owns the clinic appears twice: as proprietor, on PAN and the business papers, and as dentist, on the registration. All should be one name.
• A clinic with an X-ray unit, and one that generates clinical waste, has further permissions in the name of the person in charge.
• Insurers and patients read the name and registration number on prescriptions, bills and certificates.
• When the register is corrected or the name changed, each of these is amended in turn, on the fresh certificate.
• A dentist who leaves a clinic should see that its papers no longer carry the name.

We could not confirm which permissions the state requires of a dental clinic, or their forms. Ask the offices directly. Read name change in trade licence and shop establishment and name change in Udyam and GST registration.

• Many dentists practising in Uttarakhand studied and first registered elsewhere. The Act provides for the transfer of a name from one state's register to another's.
• The new council enters the name from the old council's record. A slip in the old state's certificate is carried over unless it is corrected first.
• A correction of another state's register is asked for in that state.
• A woman who married and moved in the same year often has a degree in one name, an old registration in the same, and an Aadhaar in another. Decide which name the Uttarakhand registration is to carry, and take the marriage certificate.
• A graduate of a foreign dental college has further steps before registration, which this page does not cover.

Step 1: Ask the council what it requires for a change of name

And which Gazette it accepts.

Step 2: Fix the exact new name

The spelling that will go on the register, Aadhaar and the clinic's papers.

Step 3: Make the affidavit

State the old name, the new name, your father's or husband's name and your address. Sign before a notary.

Step 4: Publish the newspaper notice

In a daily local leading newspaper. Keep the original newspaper.

Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed in your old name with two witnesses, and the undertaking.

Step 6: Prepare the CD, photographs and certificate

The same text on a CD in MS Word, two self-attested photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.

Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh

Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file yourself, then apply to the council

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. With the published Gazette, update Aadhaar and PAN, then apply to the council, and then update the clinic's papers.

A dentist in Government service follows the service procedure for a change of name as well. See name change for government employees.

A typical case we handle: a dentist in Haldwani was registered as "Neha Joshi", the name on her degree. After marriage her Aadhaar read "Neha Joshi Pande", and the office registering her new clinic questioned the application. She asked us for a Gazette. We told her to ask the council first, since a marriage certificate is commonly enough for a married name. She chose to keep her registered name, brought the clinic's application to it, and carried the marriage certificate to explain her Aadhaar. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

When you do not need us

For a slip against the degree, on Aadhaar or on the certificate, and usually for a married surname. We are useful where a dentist has changed a name by choice, or the council asks for a Gazette notification.

How do I correct my name in a dental council registration?

Apply to the council, with your degree and identity proof.

How does a dentist change a name after marriage?

By a change of name application, usually on the marriage certificate.

Is a gazette needed for a dentist's name change?

For a change by choice. Ask the council about marriage.

Which name should I register in?

The name on your dental degree, in full.

Can a lapsed dental registration be restored?

Yes. The Act allows restoration on payment.

Can a dental registration be transferred between states?

Yes. The Act provides for transfer of registration.

When did the National Dental Commission Act come into force?

On 19 March 2026, by notifications issued that day. From the same date the Dentists Act, 1948 stands repealed and the Dental Council of India is dissolved, the health ministry said.

Does the Dental Council of India still exist?

No. It was dissolved on 19 March 2026 and replaced by the National Dental Commission and three autonomous boards.

Who now looks after the registration of dentists nationally?

The Ethics and Dental Registration Board, one of the three boards under the National Dental Commission, governs professional conduct and the registration of dentists.

What are the three boards under the National Dental Commission?

The Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Education Board, the Dental Assessment and Rating Board, and the Ethics and Dental Registration Board.

Who chairs the National Dental Commission?

The ministry named Dr Sanjay Tewari as Chairperson, with Dr Mousumi Goswami as a part-time member.

What will the National Dental Commission do?

Frame regulations under the Act, rate and assess dental institutions, frame fee guidelines for private dental colleges, and set standards for dental care, education, research and professional ethics, as the ministry described it.