Mythbusters and tips for dentists

Page last updated: 20 June 2023
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Information about our inspections of dental services and sharing agreed guidance.

Mythbusters are listed under the five key questions that we ask about services in our inspections.

Safe

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Dental mythbuster 39: Direct-to-consumer orthodontics
Dental mythbuster 38: Infection prevention and control
Dental mythbuster 36: Security of blank prescription forms
Dental mythbuster 35: Medicines management in dental practices
Dental mythbuster 30: Laundering of protective clothing
Dental mythbuster 28: Safeguarding adults at risk
Dental mythbuster 29: Safeguarding children and young people at risk
Dental mythbuster 26: Safe use of lasers
Dental mythbuster 25: Sepsis
Dental mythbuster 24: Medical resuscitation equipment for domiciliary dental care

Effective

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Dental mythbuster 33: Detecting oral cancer and improving outcomes in primary care
Dental mythbuster 23: Consent to dental treatment
Dental mythbuster 17: Audit and improvement in primary dental services
Dental mythbuster 8: Dental care records
Dental mythbuster 2: Keeping up to date for the dental practice team

Caring

No mythbusters and tips issued

Responsive

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Dental mythbuster 40: Caring for people with dementia in a dental practice
Dental mythbuster 37: Therapy and assistance dogs in a dental practice
Dental mythbuster 34: Complaints management
Dental mythbuster 20: Using language professionals and interpreters

Well-led

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Dental mythbuster 32: Wellbeing of dentists and the dental team
Dental mythbuster 27: Well-led?
Dental mythbuster 25: Sepsis
Dental mythbuster 22: CCTV in dental practices
Dental mythbuster 21: Fire safety
Dental mythbuster 19: Staff recruitment
Dental mythbuster 18: Decontamination in the dental treatment room
Dental mythbuster 17: Audit and improvement in primary dental services
Dental mythbuster 16: Business continuity plans in primary care dental services
Dental mythbuster 15: 24-hour retirement from NHS contract and CQC registration

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The most recently-updated mythbuster in each section is shown at the top of each list. If there are more then 10 under a key question, use 'See all' to view the full list.

See full list of dental mythbusters.