Question reference: S6W-05702
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 14 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05212 by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022, what its position is on whether periods of more than two years between dental check-up appointments is consistent with its policy priorities.
Answer
As we have set down in the answer to question S6W-05212 the interval between appointments is dependent on the dentist’s clinical assessment of the oral health of the patient.
This assessment should be based on the available evidence from expert groups on appropriate oral health management. For example, the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published an Oral Health Assessment and Review in 2012. This advised that patients considered at low risk of oral ill health should receive ‘standard prevention’ and a further Oral Health Assessment at 24 months for adults and 12 months for children.