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Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, Department of Oral Health Services Research and Dental Public Health, Oral Health Workforce and Education Research Group, London, UK
Preventive care in dental settings, and beyond, has the potential to make a real difference to patients' general and oral health. The aim of this article is to support frontline dental teams, working across NHS and private systems, to engage with the evidence-based resource: ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ (DBOHv4). This is a key resource for busy dental professionals on the front line. Regularly updated, it brings together the existing body of evidence on clinical prevention in an accessible contemporary digital format.
CPD/Clinical Relevance: It is important for frontline dental teams to engage with the evidence-based resource: ‘Delivering Better Oral Health’ (DBOHv4) to support their patients to develop and maintain health-promoting behaviours.
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Dental teams are managing workforce pressures, treatment backlogs, and increasing demands from the public and patients. Many people in society are suffering in the current financial climate and struggling to access dental care. Under times of stress, self-care and prevention of disease becomes ever more important for ourselves and patients.
In light of our contemporary understanding of health and disease, it is imperative that prevention becomes a high priority for the health and care system: both inside and outside clinical settings. Making every contact count for health is vitally important for all patients,1 recognizing that some individuals and groups will require additional support from health professionals to do so. This will assist in reducing inequalities, preventing avoidable disease, and improving quality of life for patients. Furthermore, in reducing need, it can have wider benefits for society. Dental teams play a vitally important role in supporting patients in maintaining oral health and, in doing so, support general health and have ready access to a key resource.2
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