Understanding unseen journeys in dental admissions.
A free platform that helps students in Years 7 to 13 work out whether dentistry is for them, and how to apply. Written by a practising UK dentist. There is nothing to pay, and no premium tier.
Making good guidance ordinary rather than lucky.
Most young people never meet a dentist anywhere except the dentist’s chair, and for some, that visit is where the idea begins. Our founder was one of them: no dentist in the family, just a patient who got curious.
If nobody in your family works in dentistry, you are in the same position as many applicants. Caring for people in paid or voluntary work counts as experience too. What is harder to come by is the guidance: which GCSEs matter, when summer school applications close, what a dental school actually looks for. Family contacts can make a placement easier to arrange. None of that is a test of who would make a good dentist — but it decides who applies.
DentiSpark exists to make that guidance ordinary rather than lucky.
What we offer.
Self-Assessment
A self-assessment that suggests where to start. Nothing you type into it is saved.
Dental Pathways
Three pathways. Spark, for Years 7 to 9, includes an oral health quiz, a tool comparing the sugar in everyday foods against the daily limit, four community project ideas you can run at school, and a guide to the GCSEs that matter. Build covers Years 10 and 11, Launch covers Years 12 and 13.
A-Level Requirements
A page setting out which A-level subjects each UK and Ireland dental school actually asks for, read from the schools’ own 2027 pages and checked against the Dental Schools Council guide. Of the fifteen UK dental schools offering standard entry, ten require both Chemistry and Biology and five do not. Two more are in Ireland, on a different system.
Work Experience
A work experience page on what dental schools actually ask for, and routes into it that do not depend on knowing a dentist — summer schools, volunteering in care, an ordinary job, and how to approach a practice.
Profile Checker
A profile checker that compares your grades against each dental school’s published entry requirements and shows you where you stand.
Dental Schools Directory
A directory of UK dental schools, with courses, entry context and funding.
Funding & Scholarships
A funding page: what a dental degree costs, the NHS Bursary and who qualifies for it, how Plan 5 repayment works, a directory of scholarships and bursaries linked to the schemes themselves, and what the NHS commitment after qualifying involves.
Safeguarding Policy
A published safeguarding policy, with a named lead and a route for raising a concern.
Built by people who keep asking what has changed.
Dr Julius K. Babayemi
Founder & CEO
DentiSpark was founded by Dr Julius K. Babayemi, GDC number 76198.
Oyebanji Odunayo Samuel
Project manager
Keeps the build moving and checks the figures quoted across the site.
Olayiwola Kunle-Ola
Brand/Product Designer
Designs the pages and keeps the look consistent across the site.
Backend development by John Rayat.
Get in touch
If you work with students who might consider dentistry, tell us what would help. Get in touch.
If you have a safeguarding concern about a young person using DentiSpark, our safeguarding policy sets out how to raise it and who will respond.
DentiSpark® is a registered UK trade mark, number UK00004232861, in classes 35 and 41, entered on the register on 3 October 2025 and owned by Dr Julius K. Babayemi. Written to at 3 Birling Avenue, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent ME8 7HB, or emailed at contact@dentispark.com. DentiSpark is not endorsed or accredited by any university, awarding body or dental school. Where the site has been read by people outside the team before publication, that is review, not endorsement.