Reading List

This reading list supports targeted CPD for the GDC Safe Practitioner Framework Professionalism outcome P 3.8. Use these references alongside local policy and any role-specific supervision.

Core Sources

• GDC - The Safe Practitioner: Dental Nurse
  The Safe Practitioner Framework document for dental nurses, including the Professionalism learning outcomes and behaviours used in this course.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/docs/default-source/education-and-cpd/safe-practitioner-framework-2024/eqa-gui-011-spf-dental-nurse.pdf?sfvrsn=2e9b563_11

• GDC - Standards for the Dental Team
  Core professional standards for registered dental professionals.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/standards-for-the-dental-team

• GDC - Scope of Practice
  GDC guidance on the scope of practice for dental nurses and other dental professionals.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/scope-of-practice

• Delivering Better Oral Health
  UK evidence-based prevention toolkit for dental teams, published on GOV.UK.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention

• Delivering Better Oral Health - introduction
  Explains the toolkit's purpose, audience and approach to evidence.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention/chapter-1-introduction

• NICE PH55 - Oral health: local authorities and partners
  Guidance on assessing local oral health needs, planning community strategies and promoting oral health.
  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph55

• NICE NG30 - Oral health promotion in general dental practice
  Guidance on embedding oral health promotion into routine dental practice.
  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng30

• WHO - Global oral health status report
  Global data on oral disease burden, inequalities and universal health coverage for oral health.
  https://www.who.int/team/noncommunicable-diseases/global-status-report-on-oral-health-2022/

• GOV.UK - Oral health collection
  Official oral health surveys, intelligence and related publications.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/oral-health

• GOV.UK - Inequalities in oral health in England
  Report on inequalities in oral health and services; useful for concepts and measurement.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inequalities-in-oral-health-in-england

• GOV.UK - Adult oral health survey 2021
  Survey data on adult oral health, attendance, behaviours and barriers to care.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-oral-health-survey-2021

Consult these sources to check current professional, legal, governance, oral health, access or sustainability context as it applies to your practice and decisions about use of primary and secondary care networks.