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Dental clinical protocols and guidelines

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Australian

* Dental Board of Queensland
The Codes, Policies, and Guidelines pages contains clinical practice guidelines and polices for Queensland Health.

* Royal Melbourne Hospital - Clinical Practice Guidelines -
A set of clinical practice guidelines for trating dental problems at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

* South Australian Dental Service
The site contains an oral health protocol for residential aged care facilities.

* National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Both Clinical Practice Guidelines and oral health publications are available from the NHMRC.

* NSW Health - Policy Directives, Guidelines and Information Bulletins
Policy directives and guidelines for oral health patient services.

* University of Melbourne School of Dental Science
Infection control guidelines from the Univerisity of Melbourne.

International

* American Association of Endodontists
A collection of the AAE guidelines and position statements.

* American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
The site has an extensive collection of oral health policies and clinical guidelines.

* American Academy of Periodontology
The AAP guidelines site contains guidelines on the management of patients with periodontal diseases and the in-office use of conscious sedation in periodontics. The site also includes AAP parameters of care.

* American Dental Association
CDC guidelines for infection control in dental health care settings.

* Canadian Collaboration on Clinical Practice Guidelines in Dentistry (CCCD)
From the Canadian Dental Assocation, the CCCD contains guidelines intended to facilitate evidence-based practice.

* FDI - World Dental Association
A database of national and international guidelines, statements, position papers, proceedings and meta-analyses relating to oral health.

* UK NHS
The NHS clinical guidelines site contains clinical guidelines, interventional procedures, and technology appraisals.

* Royal College of Surgeons of England - Faculty of Dental Surgery
The site has guidlines ranging from managing anxious children (the use of conscious sedation in paediatric dentistry) to methodologies for clinical audit in dentistry.

* SIGN: Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network
The Site contains a small collection of dental clinical guidelines.