Resources

Advisory Bodies
British National Formulary
British Society of Periodontology
British Society for Oral Medicine (BSOM)
British Society for Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD)
British Society for Restorative Dentistry (BSRD)
Faculty of General Dental Practice
Research leaflets:

  1. Asking a Research Question
  2. Planning the Study
  3. Writing a Protocol
  4. Obtaining Ethical Approval
  5. Obtaining Funding
  6. Piloting the Methodology & Project Management
  7. Collecting Data
  8. Analysing the Data
  9. Writing up & Disseminating the Results

Open Standards FGDP Publications

Health and Safety Executive (UK)
Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
National Patient Safety Agency
NICE guidelines
Dental recall - recall interval between routine dental exams (October 2004)
Department of Health (NI) Information and Guidance
GDC Guidance
Standards for the dental team
https://www.gdc-uk.org/professionals/standards/team 
Enhanced CPD
https://www.gdc-uk.org/professionals/cpd/enhanced-cpd
Dental Trauma
E-Learning

e-lfH is a Department of Health programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies

Ethical and legal issues
Handling complaints and record keeping
Please visit your defence union websites. BSO Guidance: http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/2671.htm
HSC Business Services Organisation information for dentists (including Clinical Audit and Peer Review)
http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/2369.htm
Radiography and Radiation Protection
http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/pdf/GDS%20News%20Sheet%20March%2018.pdf The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1075/pdfs/uksi_20171075_en.pdf The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/121/pdfs/uksi_20180121_en.pdf

Antimicrobial resistance
https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/antimicrobial-resistance-guidelines-and-strategy For FGDP Advice – https://www.fgdp.org.uk/publication/antimicrobial-prescribing-gdps For BDA Advice – https://www.bda.org/amr Antimicrobial resistance
General Data Protection Legislation
Conscious Sedation
NI guidance document Conscious Sedation in the provision of dental care’, Standing Dental Advisory Committee report, Department of Health, 2003 

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