On 1 June 2020 the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP[UK]) and the College of General Dentistry (CGDent) published the UK Guidelines for a safe return to dental practice during COVID-19 on the FGDP(UK) website.
Implications of COVID-19 for the safe management of general dental practice - a practical guide supports dental professionals to take a risk and evidence-based approach to providing safe general dental care in the current circumstances and allows the flexibility of setting minimum requirements whatever the national COVID-19 threat level.
The guidance has been developed as a framework to enable the confident return to practice, now and also into the future as the situation with COVID-19 continues to evolve.
In line with other FGDP(UK) Guidance and Standards publications, the guidance adopts the ABC (Aspirational, Basic, Conditional) approach to measures with 'basic' measures being a minimum standard.
The guidance is divided into five sections - four of which reflect the patient journey - and the fifth concerns general management of the practice. These sections are assigned a risk status and ABC-based risk mitigation measures to ensure safe practice. The guidance is available at: https://www.fgdp.org.uk/implications-covid-19-safe-management-general-dental-practice-practical-guide.