About the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme

The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) is an initiative of the National Dental Advisory Committee (NDAC) in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES).

The NDAC is a body of dental professionals, representing all branches of the profession, which acts in an advisory capacity to the Chief Dental Officer. It considers issues that are of national importance in Scottish dentistry and also provides feedback to other bodies within the Scottish Government on related, relevant healthcare matters.

SDCEP comprises the core Programme Development Team and several guidance development groups. The Programme Development Team is based in the Dundee Dental Education Centre.

For each guidance topic, a guidance development group of dental professionals with particular interest or experience in a given area of dentistry is convened to develop and write the guidance. This work is supported by the Programme Development Team, which facilitates all aspects of guidance development, including information and evidence searching and appraisal, research, liaising with external organisations, editing, publication and dissemination.

Page last edited: 03 October 2008