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This page has a range of dental guidelines listed for various clinical scenarios. There are of course hundreds of guidelines and this page is continuously updated with new guidelines. If there are guidelines you feel should be added here, then please get in touch via the contact page.

General Dental Guidelines

• Standards for the Dental Team – GDC Standards
• Acute Dental Problem Management – Guidance by SDCEP
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis – NICE Guidelines
• Antibiotic Prophylaxis – SDCEP Guidelines
• Antimicrobial Prescribing – FGDP Guidelines
• Dental Recall Intervals – NICE Guidelines
• Drug Prescribing – Guidance by SDCEP. Also refer to their iOS/Android app.
• Record keeping – FGDP Guidelines
• Radiograph Selection – FGDP Guidelines
• Oral Management of Oncology Patients – RCS Guidelines
• TMJD – Update and Management Guidance for Primary Care – RCS Guidelines

Restorative

• Delivering Better Oral Health – Prevention document by The Department of Health, UK
• Oral Health Assessment – Guidance by SDCEP

Endodontics

• Quality Guidelines for Endodontic Treatment – European Society of Endodontology
• Guidelines for Surgical Endodontics – RCS Guidelines

Oral Medicine

• Guidelines for Management of Oral Lichen Planus in Secondary Care – BISOM Guidelines

Oral Surgery

• Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Management – Guidance set out by SDCEP
• Bisphosphonates Management – Guidance by SDCEP
• Wisdom Tooth Extraction – NICE Guidelines
• Updated RCS Wisdom Tooth Extraction – RCS Guidelines

Orthodontics/Paediatric Dentistry

• Extraction of First Permanent Molars – RCS Guidelines
• Management of Palatally Ectopic Canines – RCS Guidelines
• Management of Unerupted Maxillary Incisors – RCS Guidelines
• Prevention and Treatment of Caries in Children – Guidance by SDCEP
• Pulp Therapy for Primary Molars – RCS Guidelines

Periodontics

• 2017 Classification Summary – BSP Guidance
• Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal Diseases – Guidance by SDCEP
• Good Practitioner’s Guide – Published guidance by BSP

Special Care Dentistry

• Clinical Guidelines and Integrated Care Pathways for Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities – BSDOH Guidelines
• Clinical Guidelines for delivery of Domiciliary Care – BSDOH Guidelines
• Standards for Conscious Sedation – IACSD/RCS Guidelines

Prevention

• Delivering Better Oral Health – Department of Health

Dental Trauma

• Dental Trauma Guide – IADT Guidelines

GDC = General Dental Council

RCS = Royal College of Surgeons

BSP = British Society of Periodontology

FGDP = Faculty of General Dental Practice

SDCEP = Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Program

NICE = National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence

BSDOH = British Society for Disability and Oral Health

IADT = International Association of Dental Trauma

BISOM = The British and Irish Society for Oral Medicine