Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children: Guidance in Brief

This user-friendly guidance will be most useful for dental therapists and dentists who provide oral health services to children.

Published online: 
27 January 2012

Guidance is provided for oral health professionals on the latest evidence-based and best-practice approaches to the prevention and management of dental caries (decay) in children.  It includes checklists and flowcharts that clearly set out key milestones and interventions with practical advice on what issues to cover with patients and families.

Publishing information

  • Date of publication:
    January 2012
    Hardcopy date of publication:
    April 2010
    Citation:
    Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme; a division of the NHS. 2010. Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children: Guidance in Brief.
    Ordering information:
    Only soft copy available to download