Developing guideline for caries prevention and management by caries risk assessment for pre-schoolchildren using adapte process and delphi consensus

Poster Session P12: The Morita PrizesThis journal suppl. is the Special Issue: Special Issue: Abstracts of the 24th Congress of the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry, Seoul, Korea, 12-15 June, 2013Background: Dental treatment received by pre-school children with caries in Hong Kong is sub-optimal. Considerable variation in their care also exists among dental practitioners. Guideline for caries prevention and management for pre-school children would assist decision making in clinical practice to produce optimal, evidence- based and equitable patient care. ADAPTE process is a systematic approach for adapting guidelines produced in one setting to be used in a different cultural context. It reduces substantial time, expertise and resources for guideline development. Aim: This study aims to develop evidenced-based practice guideline for caries prevention and management by caries risk assessment for pre-school children in Hong Kong......link_to_OA_fulltex