A 1-hour course on using the few minutes you already have: sugar, fluoride, tobacco, alcohol, and when a brief conversation is part of dentistry, not a lecture.
Course aim
Give every team member a practical way to offer prevention advice that matches current UK public-health principles, without overclaiming or shaming the patient.
What you will be able to do
- 1Use a brief-advice structure that fits a dental appointment
- 2Explain high-frequency sugar and fluoride in language patients can use
- 3Raise tobacco and alcohol without humiliation, and signpost stop-smoking and alcohol services
- 4Match advice to the person in the chair, including children and carers
Suitable for: the whole team, including reception and practice managers.
Always follow the current official Delivering Better Oral Health guidance and your local protocols. This course is knowledge CPD. It is not an official DBOH certificate.
Course Content
Begin with lesson 1 — later lessons unlock as you progress.
Start course: 1. Brief advice is still clinical work