DT News - UK - New edition of Standards in Dentistry handbook published

Dental Tribune UK

Wed. 19 December 2018

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PLYMOUTH, UK: The second edition of Standards in Dentistry, the flagship publication of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)), has been published. Written by a team from the University of Plymouth’s Dental School, the fully revised handbook incorporates changes of how dentistry has been practiced in the UK since the first edition was released in 2006.

The new edition, which provides a compendium of guidance and standards relevant to primary dental care, aims to reflect the contemporary clinical, organisational, and dento-legal environments in which dentistry is practiced in the UK. It also incorporates changes in the evidence base since the publication of the first edition. Prof. David Moles, Director of Postgraduate Education and Research at Plymouth's Peninsula Dental School, led the team who updated the textbook.

Celebrating the publication of the new edition, Ian Mills, Dean of FGDP(UK), said: “The Faculty’s core function is to raise the standards of care delivered to patients, and the provision of guidance and standards by dentists, for dentists, is central to this. On behalf of the FGDP(UK), I would like to thank David Moles and his colleagues for their tireless dedication in compiling the second edition of Standards in Dentistry. It is an indispensable reference guide which will assist the whole dental team in identifying appropriate standards for the delivery of high-quality care.”

Moles added: “The team at Peninsula Dental School are honoured to have been offered the opportunity by the FGDP(UK) to undertake a comprehensive update of the standards in light of changes in the evidence base and in the clinical organisational and the dental-legal context in which dentistry is now practised. We would like to thank all the individuals and organisations that have generously given their time and expertise to comment on the drafts of the second edition”.

“In some cases we have had to resolve strongly-held, but contradictory views held by peer-reviewers. This is an indication of the extent to which members of our profession care passionately about the standards of care we all endeavour to provide and it also illustrates the subjective nature of clinical practice”.

“Whilst the evidence base for primary care dentistry is constantly improving, it is clear that much remains almost as much an art as a science. Often there is not a single best way of providing care and this publication is just one of several reasonable approaches to the provision of primary dental care.”

Standards in Dentistry (2^nd Edition) is available for ordering through the FGDP(UK)’s website.

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