Average earnings ofNHS general dental practitioners have been calculated as follows: total item ofservice earnings, plus capitation and continuing care earnings, plus earningsfrom grants and allowances, in the year January to December 2005, divided bythe headcount of non-salaried principals active in the NHS general dentalservice at 31 December 2005.The following grants and allowances areavailable:Clinical Audit;Commitment Payment;Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment;Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment Expenses;Dental Practice AdviserSessions;Dental Practice AdviserTravel and Subsistence;EDI Grant;Emergency Dental ServiceSessions;General Dental PracticeAllowance;Recruitment and Retention;Long-Term Sickness Payment;Loss of Remunerative Time -Reg. 3(2);Maternity Payment;Paternity Payment;Practice Improvement Grants;Reimbursement of Non-DomesticRates;Remote Area Allowance;Sedation Allowance;Seniority Payments;Vocational Trainer’sAllowance, andVocational Training PracticeImprovement Grants.Source: MIDAS.