SDCEP has developed several resources for use during the COVID-19 pandemic:
A rapid review of aerosol generating procedures in dentistry is underway.
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) provides user-friendly, evidence-based guidance to support dental teams to provide high quality healthcare that is safe, effective and person centred.
SDCEP works in partnership with the Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRiaDS) collaboration, the Scottish Dental Practice Based Research Network (SDPBRN), the Quality Improvement in Practice Team (QIiPT), and the Scottish Dental Postgraduate Fellowship (SDPF). These comprise the Clinical Effectiveness workstream of NHS Education for Scotland’s Dental Directorate. SDCEP also collaborates with the Cochrane Oral Health Group.
SDCEP also provides its guidance via the Dental Companion app.
The Chief Dental Officer has issued a new letter outlining an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR) in relation to dental examinations. Download a copy of the letter. Read the full article
The COVID-19 Dental Services Evidence Review (CoDER) Working Group has just published its rapid review of Aerosol Generating Procedures and their Mitigation in International Dental Guidance Documents on Cochrane Oral Health The review is the work of a collaborative group of researchers and clinicians from a range of UK institutions, including the Scottish Dental Clinical… Read the full article
SDCEP guidance is designed to support the dental team to provide high quality patient care.
Guidance on the following topics is currently in development or in the process of updating.
SDCEP uses a methodology for guidance development that aims to be transparent and systematic and to adhere as far as possible to international standards set out by the AGREE Collaboration.