Guidance

Oral health survey guidance and toolkits

Supporting documentation, guidance and training resources to use when collecting oral health data for National Dental Epidemiology Programme (NDEP) surveys.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 28 September 2022
• Last updated: 20 August 2025
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  1. 20 August 2025

     Updated to move all documents to the 'Dental public health epidemiology' workspace - see the guidance documents for location details. Added files for the 'Oral health survey of 5 year old schoolchildren 2025 to 2026: toolkit' and updated the 'Training and calibration guide for oral health surveys of children' document to include the collection of obvious enamel caries.

  2. 28 June 2023

     New document uploaded - "Step-by-step sampling guide - age group specific"

  3. 26 October 2022

     Added link to Dental Public Health Epidemiology workspace page.

  4. 28 September 2022

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

National Dental Epidemiology Programme: oral health survey resources

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The National Dental Epidemiology Programme (NDEP) carries out annual oral health surveys.

This guidance document contains links to:

• the protocols, resources, guidance notes and data collection tools for undertaking the NDEP oral health survey
• information on oral health survey training resources