How to use this website

How to use this website

Intro text

Home page:

• Guidance provides an Overview plus nine in-depth guidance sub-topics
• About this guidance includes 
  • the context, background and scope of the guidance within the Introduction,
  • guidance development and the methodology employed 
  • information about NICE accreditation and endorsers of the guidance 
• Supporting tools includes a range of resources to support users to implement the guidance, with information for patients

Guidance includes:

• Overview: a summary of all sub-topics within the guidance
• Sub-topics: Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, Treatment Components, Managing Disease, Long-term care, Dental implants, Referral, Record keeping

Page features 

• Key recommendations are clearly indicated. The basis for these recommendations can be viewed via the drop-down title below. 

• Other drop-down titles give access to more in-depth information.

• Bulleted clinical practice advice points are presented in shaded boxes

Search and navigation

• The top menu provides easy access to Guidance, About this guidance, Supporting tools, Search
• Use the left-hand menus to delve more deeply into the guidance or go back a level
• Use the search function to find specific information of interest. Page titles that match your search term are listed first in the search results. If your search term is not in a page title, it is likely to be in the first few pages listed
• On any page, click the Home icon to return to the Home page.