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Notes for B10

1. Community Dental Staff (wte) are at 30 September.

2. Each occasion on which a patient was in contact. The number of individuals will be smaller than this.

3. Includes people who did not require treatment or advice from the Community Dental Service.

4. Numbers of dental education patient contacts and the total number of programmes are no longer collected.

5. Number of episodes of care in which a patient received treatment or prevention of oral disease. The number of individuals will be smaller than this.

6. For patient care, the age breakdown may exclude some patients for which HAs have been unable to separate figures.

Background information

The Community  Dental Service (CDS) runs different programmes which are set up to check the oral health of the community.

These programmes are as follows:-

Screening programmes:- this is the process by which CDS covers a large population using simple tests to identify individuals who require dental care including counselling and advice.

Dental Health Education and Preventive programmes - this is the process by which sub-groups of the population are educated and motivated to improve dental behaviour.

The CDS is responsible for providing dental care to children, nursing and pregnant women, disabled people and any patient who would not otherwise receive treatment through the General Dental Service.

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