Abstract
Standards in Dentistry combines the functions of two of the FGDP(UK)'s previous publications, Self-Assessment Manual and Standards (SAMS) and Guidelines for Structure and Process in Dental Practice, and the first edition, edited by Kenneth Eaton, was published in 2006. The current (second) edition was compiled by a team of authors at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry led by Professor David Moles, who have fully revised and updated it to reflect the contemporary clinical, organisational and dento-legal contexts in which dentistry is practised, as well as changes in the evidence base over the intervening years.
The standards in the new edition are focussed on practitioner processes rather than treatment outcomes, descriptions of the ‘unacceptable’ have been dispensed with, and the book adopts the Faculty's ‘ABC’ (Aspirational, Basic, Conditional) notation for the grading of recommendations, which is also used in Clinical Examination and Record-Keeping and Dementia-Friendly Dentistry. Standards for making and receiving referrals, and for oral medicine, have been introduced, and the book includes a section on keeping up-to-date with changing guidelines and standards over time.
The standards in the new edition are focussed on practitioner processes rather than treatment outcomes, descriptions of the ‘unacceptable’ have been dispensed with, and the book adopts the Faculty's ‘ABC’ (Aspirational, Basic, Conditional) notation for the grading of recommendations, which is also used in Clinical Examination and Record-Keeping and Dementia-Friendly Dentistry. Standards for making and receiving referrals, and for oral medicine, have been introduced, and the book includes a section on keeping up-to-date with changing guidelines and standards over time.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-9999761-1-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2018 |