Dental interventions to prevent caries in children- SIGN 138
The guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in dental interventions to prevent caries in children aged 0-18 years.
The guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in dental interventions to prevent caries in children aged 0-18 years.
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was formed in 1993. Its objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence. In January 2005 SIGN became part…
The guideline follows the patient’s journey of care from prevention and awareness through treatment to follow up and rehabilitation, making generic recommendations which hold for all head and neck cancers. The treatment sections focus specifically on cancers of the larynx, oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx, as these are the tumour sites with the highest incidences.…
SIGN Guideline 83 on the prevention and management of dental decay in the pre-school child.
SIGN Guideline 47 on Preventing dental caries in the permanent teeth of 6-16 year olds presenting for dental care.
Third molars generally erupt between the ages of 18 and 24 years, although there is wide variation in eruption dates. One or more third molars are absent in approximately 25% of adults but they may still be present in the elderly, otherwise edentulous, patient. The prevalence of unerupted third molars varies widely and is influenced…