A new committee has been created by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry to have scrutiny over all aspects of the Society’s work with academic and clinical governance components. The Quality and Improvement Research Committee (QIRC) will encourage all clinicians in the specialty to produce, disseminate and implement the highest quality evidence. It will co-ordinate national audits, prioritising ideas, reviewing protocols and allocating leads.

A comprehensive set of resources to support the use of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) as a treatment to arrest dental caries in the primary dentition is available on the BSPD website. The technique is expected to be more widely used in the coming months as dental teams find ways to minimise aerosol generating procedures.

A team at the University of Sheffield dental school led by Academic Clinical Fellow Laura Timms is preparing to make an information video aimed at children aged 3-10. The topic of the video is Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF), a technique that helps arrest dental decay.