Use a checklist or planning tool
Organise observations, visit details and follow-up tasks before contacting a dental provider.
19 guides
Use the home-visit eligibility checklist to organise travel barriers, urgent warning signs, positioning, consent, access and the likely care setting before discussing whether a home assessment may be appropriate.
Read the guide →Use the service-area checker to organise the exact address, postcode, travel zone, building access and preferred timing so the provider can check travel coverage and practical access.
Read the guide →Use the appointment preparation checklist to organise the visit goal, current concern, medical information, access details and questions to confirm before confirming a visit.
Read the guide →Use the medication information form to record the exact medicine, dose, reason, timing, reactions and prescriber for the medication information form for the provider’s secure intake process.
Read the guide →Use the medical history form to record current diagnoses, allergies, recent admissions, relevant clinicians and changes in health for the provider’s secure intake process.
Read the guide →Use taking useful dental photos for initial triage to document the views needed, lighting, focus, consent and a secure sharing route for an initial discussion, then share images only through an agreed secure route.
Read the guide →Use the caregiver oral-health checklist to record the daily technique, comfort cues and handover notes consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the daily mouth-care chart to record the daily mouth care given and any changes consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the denture cleaning and storage chart to record how and when a denture is cleaned and stored consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the denture identification card to record the denture owner, identifying mark, appliance type, storage location and return contact consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the oral symptom diary to record the symptom timeline, visible changes, triggers and effect on eating, sleep or daily care consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the non-verbal dental-pain observation tool to record behaviour changes, facial expression, guarding, eating, sleep and response to comfort measures consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the care-home dental referral form to organise the non-identifying reason, urgency and access needs before requesting a secure referral route.
Read the guide →Use the healthcare-professional referral form to organise the non-identifying referral question and urgency before requesting a secure referral route.
Read the guide →Use the post-visit oral-care plan to record written care instructions, products, frequency, warning signs, review date and follow-up owner consistently and hand over changes clearly.
Read the guide →Use the home-dental glossary to check the term, its plain-language meaning, the related decision and the question to clarify.
Read the guide →Use the research and evidence library to check the publisher, publication date, evidence type, scope and relevance to the question.
Read the guide →Use the clinical sources register to check the source, publisher, original link, purpose, update date and claims it supports.
Read the guide →Use the content update and correction log to check the affected page, change, reason, supporting source, date and correction owner.
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Whenever you are ready, you can share the area and the main concern. A provider can then advise whether a home visit is suitable, who would attend and what happens next.
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