Resources

Oral Health Foundation: www.dentalhealth.org/about-us

Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme: www.sdcep.org.uk/

Colgate Oral and Dental Health Resource Centre: www.colgate.co.uk/app/CP/UK/OC/Information.cvsp

NICE Guidance, oral and dental health: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/oral-and-dental-health

Public Health England: ‘Delivering better oral health: an evidence-based toolkit for prevention’: www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention

NHS Scotland, ‘Methadone and your mouth: dental health advice’: www.healthscotland.com/documents/5816.aspx

References

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3. Public Health England. ‘Survey finds 27% of 5 year olds have tooth decay’. September 20 2013 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/survey-finds-27-of-5-year-olds-have-tooth-decay

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9. NHS Choices - Dental Health - http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/dentalhealth/Pages/Dentalhome.aspx

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11. NHS Choices - Dry mouth - http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dry-mouth/Pages/Introduction.aspx

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19. BDA Smile - http://www.bdasmile.org/index.cfm

20. PHE. ‘New PHE survey finds 12% of 3 year olds have tooth decay’. September 30 2014 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-phe-survey-finds-12-of-3-year-olds-have-tooth-decay