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Information for dentists about the management of patients with or at risk of, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) including variant CJD (vCJD)

  • Document type:
    Dear Colleague Letter
  • Author:
    Department of Health; Bedi, Raman
  • Published date:
    4 February 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    4463
  • Pages:
    7
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

The aim of this letter is to clarify the situation with respect to the Primary Dental Care of patients who have been diagnosed with CJD, or identified as 'at-risk' of CJD for public health purposes.

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