Posts Tagged ‘National Institute for Health Care and Excellence’
NICE Confirms New Guidelines for Heart Patients Undergoing Dental Treatment
Representatives from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) have confirmed a change of guidelines for dentists treating patients with heart problems. In 2008, NICE recommended that dentists no longer prescribe antibiotics for patients who had underlying heart issues. However, recently the guidelines were changed again, as NICE implemented advice for dentists to administer […]
Plymouth Dental School Dean Appointed as NICE Committee Member
Professor Liz Kay has been appointed as a member of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) committee on oral health promotion in care homes and hospitals, it has been confirmed. The dean of Plymouth University’s Peninsula School will use her skills and experience to input decision-making regarding the provision of dental care […]
NICE releases new guidelines for improved oral care in care homes
The National Institute for Health Care and Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines to improve standards of oral care in care homes. The move comes after figures suggested that more than half of adults living in care homes suffer from dental decay; the figures are higher than those associated with older people living in their […]
