SDCEP Reopening Dental Practice Guide launched

In a letter of the 20th May the Chief Dental Officer outlined a phased remobilisation of NHS dental services.

To support practitioners working in primary dental care the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) has developed a Practice Recovery toolkit which includes a guide and associated implementation tools.

The guide provides advice on:

• Practice organisation and planning, including risk assessment and facilitating physical (social) distancing
• Staff health, wellbeing, rotas and training
• Appointment scheduling and communication with patients;
• Patient care, including assessment and management
• Infection prevention and control, including PPE.

It also includes the following tools to support implementation

• Reopening dental practice checklist
• Patient COVID-19 screening questions
• Patient management flowchart
• Aerosol generating procedures
• Template notice for practice entrances.

The guide and resources can be downloaded at the SDCEP website page.