BASCD includes the following activitiesand core functions:
maintaining expert knowledge and expertise on oral health improvement
measuring oral health and oral health care in communities
developing teaching and training in relation to population oral health
providing advice on the dental workforce and the configuration of dental services
providing advice on the configuration of dental services, the dental workforce and dental care for, and in, the community
develop leadership skills in our members
acting as a resource for our members on policy, work plans, evidence-base and offering support via the website and “task and function groups”
holding regular conferences and events, as well as other group meetings periodically throughout the year.
Memorandum of Understanding is between the Faculty of Public Health and the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
FPH and BASCD Memorandum of Understanding November 2019