Guidance

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)