The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research sponsored the conference. Cosponsors included the National Institute on Aging and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The full NIH Consensus Statement on Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries Throughout Life is available by calling 1-888-NIH-CONSENSUS (1-888-644-2667) or by visiting the NIH Consensus Development Program Web site at http://consensus.nih.gov. (The panel's draft statement will be posted to the Web by the evening of March 28 or morning of March 29.)
The consensus statement is the report of an independent panel and is not a policy statement of the NIH or the Federal Government. The NIH Consensus Development Program was established in 1977 to resolve in an unbiased manner controversial topics in medicine. To date, NIH has conducted 115 such conferences addressing a wide range of controversial medical issues important to health care providers, patients, and the general public.
The AHRQ-supported evidence-based review, Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries: A Summary," is available at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/dentsumm.htm. Printed copies are available for free from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD 20907 (tel: 800/358-9295) and by calling AHRQ InstantFAX (301) 504-2800 from a telephone-equipped facsimile machine.