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Dental screening (Inspection) in schools and consent for undertaking screening and epidemiological surveys.

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    18 January 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Health and social care professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    7698
  • Pages:
    5
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This guidance:

  • notifies PCTs of the advice of the UK National Screening Committee on dental screening of 6-9 year old children
  • invites PCTs to consider whether or not to continue local screening programmes and, if not, how best to address inequalities in oral health in other ways
  • provides advice on working with schools and local authorities to introduce revised arrangements for parents/carers to give consent to children receiving dental inspections in connection with epidemiological surveys.

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