{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005/schedule-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005/schedule-1A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3477",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1A",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "Band 1A Charges – Interim Care",
  "text": "(a)the giving of specific advice in relation to diet, hygiene, personal habits and oral health in respect of a person to enable that person to be aware and to be able to take steps to prevent dental and oral disease;\n(b)the giving of instructions on techniques and practice required by a person in relation to their dental hygiene to enable that person to improve their dental health and prevent oral disease;\n(c)checking a person’s compliance in relation to the self care plan proposed at the oral health assessment or oral health review;\n(d)the provision of a prescription for high fluoride toothpaste or mouth rinse if considered required (when delivered together with one or more of (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g);\n(e)the surface application of primary preventive measures such as topical fluoride varnish applications, and fissure sealants if required and necessary;\n(f)scaling and polishing if required;\n(g)follow up root surface debridement if required.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/364), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1A heading substituted (1.11.2015) by The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1728), regs. 1(1), 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3477/schedule/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:14.579296+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}