Special Care Guidelines and Standards

Please note that some guidance documents are  under active review for 2025/2027
Disclaimer :Health science  is an continually changing  area, with new research and  clinical experience broadening our knowledge .Please use appropriate caution  and judgement when accessing the guidance, especially with older material. These material is  for reference  in SCD , and in itself does not constitute  a stand alone national standards document.

Dysphagia Guidelines and Resources  (SIG October 2025)

Published October 2025

Sedation (Easy Read) Leaflets  ( SIG October 2025) 

Published October 2025

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Mouth Care for people with Parkinson’ s Disease (SIG Guideline 2017)

 

Domiciliary Dental Care (SIG  Guideline 2012) :

Currently under review  – estimated  publication late 2026

Oral Nutritional Supplementation Guidelines ( SIG  Guideline 2009)

Currently under review  -estimate publication Oct 2027

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The British Society of Gerodontology has developed a comprehensive resource pack which pulls together

multiple guideline, fact sheets, and protocols relating to oral care and disability.

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Other guidelines of relevance to special dental care

Anticoagulation:

SDCEP Guidance (2022)

Haemophilia:

Guidelines for dental treatment of patients with inherited bleeding disorders( SE Wales MCN in SCD 2017)

Infective endocarditis:

NICE Guidance Updated (2016)

SDCEP  Guidance (2026 )

Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw:

  Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (Reviewed 2024)

Sedation  in dentistry:

Welsh Government – Service Standards for Conscious Sedation in a dental setting

Conscious Sedation in Dentistry -SDCEP 2017 Guidance, reveiw due 2025

Standards – Intercollegiate Advisory Committee for Sedation in Dentistry (2015) RCSE Website

Steroids:

Guidance-  Adrenal Insufficiency (Addisons Self Help Group)