What is SDCEP?

The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP), established in 2004, operates within NHS Education for Scotland (NES) (www.nes.scot.nhs.uk) and aims to develop guidance that supports dental teams to provide quality patient care.

SDCEP brings together the best available information that is relevant to priority areas in dentistry and presents it in a form that can be interpreted easily and implemented.

Guidance recommendations may be based on a variety of sources including research evidence, guidelines, legislation, policies and expert opinion as appropriate to the subject.

SDCEP also contributes to the research and development of interventions to enhance the translation of guidance recommendations into practice through its participation in the TRiaDS (Translation Research in a Dental Setting) collaboration (www.triads.org.uk).

SDCEP is funded by NHS Education for Scotland. The views and opinions of NES have not influenced the recommendations made in this guidance.