Oral health assessment

Question 1

What is the age of consent in Scotland?

Answer 1

16

Question 2

When can a patient consent if they are competent and understand the risks and benefits?

Answer 2

From age 12

Question 3

Below what age can patients not consent for themselves?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

Who can consent for a child?

Answer 4

Mother

Father if married to mother at birth or named on birth certificate (after 2006) or if married to mother (after 2006), private agreement, or court order.

Question 5

What must be discussed in order to have informed consent?

Answer 5

Condition of teeth, treatment, alternatives, risks and benefits, prognosis, time to consider options, questions

Question 6

When is written consent mandatory?

Answer 6

Sedation, GA, photographs, student treatment

Question 7

What personal details should be recorded?

Answer 7

Name and patient’s preferred name, contact details, CHI number, GMP, school, accompanying adult, legal guardian

Question 8

Which teeth should we BPE in children and adolescents?

Answer 8

Permanent teeth

Question 9

How can we assess caries in children?

Answer 9

Visual, bitewings, separators

Question 10

When should we start taking bitewings on kids?

Answer 10

Ages 5/6 if patient can tolerate

Question 11

What are the two parts of the IOTN?

Answer 11

Aesthetic component (1-10), dental health component (1-5)

Question 12

What are the phases of sequential treatment planning?

Answer 12

Prevention, acclimatisation, stabilisation, reassess, restore

Question 13

What resources can be used?

Answer 13

SDCEP guidance on comprehensive oral health assessment, SDCEP prevention and management of dental caries in children, British orthodontic society