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Dental Clinical Effectiveness Newsletter Spring 2025
The latest edition of the Dental Clinical Effectiveness Newsletter is now available.
Caries in Children 3rd Edition available
The third edition of Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children is now available.
New national instrument decontamination guidance published by HFS
Scottish Health Technical Memorandum (SHTM) 01-05 Management, equipment, and process of the decontamination of dental instruments in a Local Decontamination Unit (LDU) in NHSScotland is national, best practice guidance published by Health Facilities Scotland in April 2024.
MRONJ guidance reviewed and extant March 2024
The 2017 edition of Oral Health Management of Patients at Risk of Medication-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw has been reviewed and remains essentially unchanged and extant. A new supplement providing updated information on MRONJ incidence and drugs that might be associated with MRONJ is now available.
Periodontal Care guidance 2nd edition available
The second edition of Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Diseases in Primary Care is now available.
Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Diseases in Primary Care
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The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP)
- provides user-friendly, evidence-based guidance with recommendations and advice presented in a form that can be interpreted easily and implemented
- provides practical implementation advice to clarify changes in legislation, professional regulations or other developments
- supports dental teams to provide high quality healthcare that is safe, effective and person-centred
SDCEP works in partnership
with the other three Clinical Effectiveness Workstream programmes:
- Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRIADS) collaboration
- Scottish Dental Practice Based Research Network (SDPBRN)
- Quality Improvement in Practice Training (QIiPT) team
These comprise the Clinical Effectiveness workstream of NHS Education for Scotland’s Dental Directorate. SDCEP also collaborates with Cochrane Oral Health.