Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
September 2015
Vol:
16
Issue:
3

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial
Whither academic special care dentistry?

The specialty of Special Care Dentistry (SCD) was recognised in the UK less than a decade ago, after much pressure from within those sections of the dental profession who saw, on a day-to-day basis the need for such a dedicated service. This drive was supported by carers groups and umbrella disability organisations.

What has happened since then?
Following on from the General Dental Council’s (GDC) establishment of a Specialist List in 2008, there was an enormous amount of work undertaken by the fledgling Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) to ‘grandparent’ onto that List those people who were, by virtue of existing consultant status or demonstrable equivalence, eligible to be called a specialist in SCD.

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