From: The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol
 | Current Guidance Topics | |||||||||
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Selection Criteria | Conscious Sedation | Decontamination | Emergency Dental Care | Drug Prescribing | Oral Health Assessment | Dental Caries in Children | Practice Support Manual | |||
1. | Is the topic related to: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | a) | a condition or process associated with significant morbidity or mortality? |  |  |  |  |  | X |  | |
 | b) | interventions or practices that could: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
 |  | i) | significantly improve patient or carers' quality of life? |  |  | X |  |  | X |  |
 |  | ii) | reduce avoidable morbidity? |  |  | X | X |  | X |  |
 |  | iii) | reduce inequalities in health? |  |  | X |  |  | X |  |
 |  | iv) | prevent oral and dental disease? |  |  |  |  | X | X |  |
 | c) | a priority for the health service or government? | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
 | d) | interventions or practices that might have a significant impact on the financial or other resources of the NHS or society in general? |  | X | X | X |  |  | X | |
 | e) | interventions that the NHS could stop using without impairing cost-effective patient care? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
2. | Will the proposed guidance help reduce or avoid inappropriate: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | a) | clinical practice? | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
 | b) | variation in clinical practice? | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
 | c) | variation in access to interventions or treatment? |  |  | X |  | X | X |  | |
3. | Will the guidance still be relevant at the expected date of publication? | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
4. | Are there any other reasons why guidance is urgently needed e.g ., is there significant public concern? | Â | X | Â | X | X | X | Â |