Guidance

Dental epidemiology toolkit for local authorities

This toolkit provides guidance and advice for local authorities as commissioners and users of surveys to inform oral health improvement.

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Commissioning high quality information to support oral health improvement

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Details

The document contains:

  • an overview of the dental epidemiology survey process for local authorities
  • the many uses of survey data through examples
  • advice on the variations of survey sampling for local requirements
  • tools for procurement and contract management

The toolkit supports local authorities with regard to the Public Health England Dental Public Health Epidemiology programme.

Published 30 January 2019