In this section, you will find clinical information (guidelines, protocols and toolkits) relevant to Dentistry.
If you have any suggestions for further documents to be added, please email: Sheena.Vernon@uhbw.nhs.uk
Healthcare professionals
South West Adult Services Resources / Links for Professionals
Pathway for Adult Patients Requiring a Dental Screen Prior To Cardiac Intervention in Bristol (2025)
South West Paediatric Services Resources / Links for Professionals
Dental Care Pathways for Children with Congenital Heart Disease - updated November 2021 (Link)
Paediatric appendix 4: Information card for finding dental services in South Wales
Paediatric appendix 5: Information card for finding dental services in England
Paediatric appendix 6: Request for dental assessment template letter
Paediatric appendix 7: Fit for surgery dental form
British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (External Link)
National Dental Services Resources / Links for Professsionals:
Delivering Better Oral Health: an Evidenced-based Toolkit for Prevention (External Link)
European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Endocarditis (2023)
NICE Guidance - Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures (External Link)
Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme: Antibiotic Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis (External Link)
Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme: Management of Dental Patients Taking Anticoagulants or Antiplatelet Drugs (External Link)
Patient Resources
Dental Screening for Cardiac Patients - University Hospital Bristol and Weston (this links to a patient information leaflet on why dental screens are done prior to cardiac surgery)
Endocarditis - causes, symptoms and treatments - BHF
Healthy Teeth Make a Safer Heart (UHBW patient information leaflet)
How to Find a Dentist
NHS England: How to find an NHS Dentist (External Link)
NHS England: Find Dentists Services (External Link)
NHS Wales: Local Service Search (External Link)
Dental Services and Helplines in Wales:
Designed to Smile (Welsh Government initiative for children only) (External Link)