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Mythbusters and tips for dentists: full list by issue number
John Milne is our Senior National Dental Adviser. Here he clears up some common myths about our inspections of dental services and shares agreed guidance.
Dental mythbuster 1: Disposal of dental amalgam (unpublished)
Dental mythbuster 2: Keeping up to date for the dental practice team
Dental mythbuster 3: Dental radiography and X-rays
Dental mythbuster 4: Drugs and equipment for a medical emergency
Dental mythbuster 5: Legionella and dental waterline management
Dental mythbuster 6: Storing Glucagon injection
Dental mythbuster 7: Use of safer sharps
Dental mythbuster 8: Dental care records
Dental mythbuster 9: Hand hygiene
Dental mythbuster 10: Safe and effective conscious sedation
Dental mythbuster 11: Statutory notifications to CQC
Dental mythbuster 12: Validation of decontamination equipment
Dental mythbuster 13: Lone working in a dental practice setting
Dental mythbuster 14: Safeguarding training (unpublished)
Dental mythbuster 15: 24-hour retirement from NHS contract and CQC registration
Dental mythbuster 16: Business continuity plans in primary care dental services
Dental mythbuster 17: Audit and improvement in primary dental services
Dental mythbuster 18: Decontamination in the dental treatment room
Dental mythbuster 19: Staff recruitment
Dental mythbuster 20: Using interpreters (language and British Sign Language)
Dental mythbuster 21: Fire safety
Dental mythbuster 22: CCTV in dental practices
Dental mythbuster 23: Consent to dental treatment
Dental mythbuster 24: Medical resuscitation equipment for domiciliary dental care
Dental mythbuster 25: Sepsis
Dental mythbuster 26: Safe use of lasers
Dental mythbuster 27: Well-led?
Dental mythbuster 28: Safeguarding adults at risk
Dental mythbuster 29: Safeguarding children and young people at risk
Dental mythbuster 30: Laundering of protective clothing
Dental mythbuster 31: Personal protective equipment requirements during coronavirus (COVID-19) within dental practices
Dental mythbuster 32: Wellbeing of dentists and the dental team
Dental mythbuster 33: Detecting oral cancer and improving outcomes in primary care
- Last updated:
- 08 February 2021