Series: Education and the dentist in 2025. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for an academic learning line 'quality and safety in oral care'

Abstract

Education in the field of quality and safety in oral care still needs further development, both for students and teachers. Based on the current development of clinical practice guidelines in the field of oral care in the Netherlands, this article describes a proposal for implementing this as a 'quality of oral care' learning line in the dental school curricula. Within clinical educational practice and scientific training, students should become familiar with the development, assessment and application of clinical practice guidelines. Some proposals for embedding this new learning line in the curriculum are given. In order to further shape the learning line, close cooperation between the three dental schools and the Kennisinstituut Mondzorg (Institute for Knowledge Translation in Oral Care) in the Netherlands is recommended.