Clinical Guidelines

A comprehensive list of surgical guidelines published by the faculty of dental surgery.

The following documents have been produced by the Faculty's Clinical Effectiveness Committee.

Publication Year	Title
2009	Treatment of Traumatically Intruded Permanent Incisor Teeth in Children Original BSPD Guideline revised by S.Albadri, H.Zaitoun and M.J.Kinirons
2008	Consent and The Use Of Physical Intervention In The Dental Care Of Children by J.Nunn, M.Foster, S.Master & S.Greening
2008	Guideline for the Use of General Anaesthesia (GA) in Paediatric Dentistry by C.Davies, M Harrison and G.Roberts
2007	Dental Erosion Guideline: i. Summary of guideline ii. Dental erosion guideline iii. Table 4 iv. Appendix to guideline by E.O'Sullivan & A.Milosevic
2006	Pulp Therapy for Primary Molars by H.D.Rodd, P.J.Waterhouse, A.B.Fuks, S.A.Fayle & M.A.Moffat
2002	Managing Anxious Children: the Use of Conscious Sedation in Paediatric Dentistry by M.T.Hosey
2004	A Guideline For First Permanent Molar Extraction In Children: (2009 revision) by M.Cobourne, A.Williams & R.McMullan
1997	The Management Of The Palatally Ectopic Maxillary Canine: (2004 revision) by J.Husain, D.Burden & P.McSherry
2002	Non-Pharmalogical Behaviour Management by B.Chadwick
2001	Clinical Guidelines and Integrated Care Pathways for the Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities by numerous contributors
2001	Extraction Of Primary Teeth - Balance And Compensation (reviewed 2006)
2001	Restorative Dentistry: Index of Treatment Need - Complexity Assessment
2000	Treatment of Intrinsic Discoloration in Permanent Anterior Teeth in Children and Adolescents (2004 revision) by A.Wray & R.Welbury
1997	The Management of Patients with Third Molar Teeth (reviewed 2004) by Faculty Working Party
2001	Guidelines for Surgical Endodontics by W.Saunders
1999	Orthodontic Retention (2008 revision) by C.Johnston, D.Burden & D.Morris
1999	Clinical Guidelines for the Oral Management of Oncology Patients requiring Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy or Bone Marrow Transplantation (2004 revision) by Faculty Working Party This includes a patient information leaflet on the Care of the Mouth during Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy.
	National Clinical Guidelines 1997 by B.Avery, J.S.Brown, J.L.B.Carter, A.M.Corrigan, R.Haskell, P.J.Leopard, J.L.Williams, R.A.Loukota, J.Lowry, J.McManners, D.Mitchell, J.Pedlar, D.Shepherd, G.Taylor, N.Whear, J.K.Williams & S.F.Worrall This document contains clinical guidelines for five of the dental specialties as follows: Oral and maxillofacial surgery Management of Patients with Impacted Third Molar Teeth (reviewed 2004) Management of Pericoronitis (reviewed 2004) Management and Prevention of Dry Socket (reviewed 2004) Management of Unilateral Fractures of the Condyle (reviewed 2000) Orthodontics Management of the Palatally Ectopic Maxillary Canine (reviewed 2004) Management of Unerupted Maxillary Incisors (reviewed 2000) Paediatric dentistry Prevention of Dental Caries in Children (reviewed 2004, and then superseded in July 2007 by SIGN Publication No. 47 entitled Preventing Dental Caries in Children at High Caries Risk - Targeted prevention of dental caries in the permanent teeth of 6-16 year olds presenting for dental care.) Treatment of Avulsed Permanent Teeth in Children (reviewed 2004) Treatment of Traumatically Intruded Permanent Incisor Teeth in Children (reviewed 2004 and then superseded in October 2009 by a revised version available above) Continuing Oral Care - Review and Recall (reviewed 2001 , and then superseded in October 2004 by the NICE Guideline, ref CG19 entitled Dental Recall) Restorative dentistry Screening of Patients to Detect Periodontal Diseases Guidelines for Selecting Appropriate Patients to Receive Treatment with Dental - Implants: Priorities for the NHS Restorative Indications for Porcelain Veneer Restorations Dental public health Turning Clinical Guidelines into Effective Commissioning
1999	Paediatric Dentistry UK: National Clinical Guidelines and Policy Documents 1999 - Part A
1999	Paediatric Dentistry UK: National Clinical Guidelines and Policy Documents 1999 - Part B Policy documents produced and approved by Council of British Society of Paediatric Dentistry Contains the following: Why Clinical Guidelines? The Process of National Clinical Guideline Production Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Guidelines - RCS Approved ( ie multidisciplinary FDS approved guidelines already published in International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Management and Root Canal Treatment of Non-vital Immature Permanent Incisor Teeth Addendum to Management and Root Canal Treatment of Non-vital Immature Permanent Incisor Teeth Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Guidelines - RCS Approved (ie multidisciplinary FDS approved guidelines not yet published in International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry (at time of original printing). Diagnosis and Prevention of Dental Erosion Stainless Steel Pre-Formed Crowns for Primary Molars (reviewed 2008 - This guideline has been reviewed and updated and a new version is available by S.Fayle) Management of the Stained Fissure in the First Permanent Molar The Pulp Treatment of the Primary Dentition (reviewed 2006 - this guideline has been superseded by the guideline Pulp Therapy for Primary Molars) British Society of Paediatric Dentistry Policy Documents Sugars and the Dental Health of Children (1992) Toothfriendly Sweets [1995] Sedation for Paediatric Dentistry [1996] Fluoride Dietary Supplements and Fluoride Toothpastes for Children [1996] Dental Needs of Children [1997]
1999	Paediatric Dentistry UK: National Clinical Guidelines and Policy Documents 1999 - Part C Contains the following: ‘Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Guidelines’ - RCS Approved (i.e. multidisciplinary FDS of the Royal College of Surgeons of England approved guidelines already published in International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry ‘Treatment of Avulsed Permanent Teeth in Children’ (revised 2004, see above) ‘Treatment of Traumatically Intruded Permanent Incisor Teeth in Children’ (revised 2004, and then superseded in October 2009 by a revised version available above) ‘Continuing Oral Care - Review and Recall’ (reviewed 2004 - this has now been superceded by the NICE Guideline, ref CG19 entitled Dental Recall - see above)
2000	Methodologies For Clinical Audit In Dentistry
2009	Guidelines Review Spreadsheet

More clinical guidelines will be placed on this website as and when they become available.

Guideline Summaries

The Dental Practice Board has recently published a series of useful guideline summaries covering many of the above. These guideline summaries are available at the Dental Practice Board's website.

Also recommended

Endorsed by all four of the Royal Surgical Colleges, the new 2008 edition of Good Surgical Practice is recommended to all surgeons. Guidelines For The Prevention Of Endocarditis: Report Of The Working Party Of The British Society For Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: published in April 2006, this document is the result of a wide ranging consultation process and is, as far as possible, evidence based. In addition the Faculty of Dental Surgery is making available for download two accompanying documents approved by the BSAC working party: one is an A5-sized patient information sheet, the other is a presentation of the case for the attainment and maintenance of a high standard of dental health for ‘at risk’ patients.

Related Guidelines

The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners publishes its own guidelines. A price list of available publications and details of how to obtain them is available here

Clinical audit

The Clinical Effectiveness Committee has also produced a document which deals with the process of audit itself. ‘Methodologies for Clinical Audit in Dentistry’ is designed to encourage and improve the audit process at local level.

By focusing on particular cases, it looks at how the audit process has led to improvements in services and better patient care, and it is hoped that others will be stimulated to carry out their own audit programmes.

Dr Jacqueline Dutchak, director of the National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care, gave a presentation in January 2004 on the 'Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the NHS'