Endorsements
Updated 9 November 2021
This guidance is issued jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care, the Welsh Government, the Department of Health Northern Ireland, Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement and with the support of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry.
Delivering Better Oral Health (DBOH) has been developed with the support of the 4 UK Chief Dental Officers.
Whilst this guidance seeks to ensure a consistent UK wide approach to the prevention of oral diseases, some differences in operational delivery and organisational responsibilities may apply in Wales, Northern Ireland and England. In Scotland the guidance will be used to inform oral health improvement policy.
This version of DBOH was developed with the support of Cochrane Oral Health and the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP). The methodology was based on that of SDCEP with Cochrane Oral Health appraising the evidence underpinning each recommendation.
DBOH has been endorsed by the following organisations and societies
Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
British Association of Clinical Dental Technology
British Association of Dental Nurses
British Association of Dental Therapists
British Association of Oral Surgery
British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
British Dental Association
British Orthodontic Society
British Society for Restorative Dentistry
British Society of Dental Hygiene Therapy
British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology
British Society of Gerodontology
British Society of Oral and Dental Research
British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
British Society of Prosthodontics
Care Quality Commission
College of General Dentistry
Dental Schools Council
Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons England
Health Education England
National Oral Health Promotion Group
Oral Health Foundation
Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry
Society of British Dental Nurses
UK Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors (COPDEND)