Minimum intervention oral care delivery for children: developing the oral healthcare team

Abstract

This article discusses the potential use of the oral healthcare team in the delivery of minimum intervention oral care (MIOC) for caries management in children. It summarizes opportunities and difficulties, both evidenced and anticipated, in the context of general dental practice in the UK. Given the push to provide safe and effective care using wider members of the oral healthcare team, this article offers insight into potential barriers and facilitators that may present in general dental practice. CPD/Clinical Relevance: There is a belief that the wider team within general dental practice will have an increasingly important role to play in the provision of oral and dental care.