Sir, I would like to draw your readers' attention to the second edition of Drug prescribing for dentistry, a publication by the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP). Released in August 2011, this resource has been written by a small group of clinicians with a particular interest in prescribing.

Specifically applicable to primary care dental professionals, it provides fully updated guidance, presented in a user-friendly, ring-binder format. The updated edition improves on its predecessor by a new divider-style design separating the ten chapters to allow ease of navigation. Extra sections on adverse drug reactions and labelling are incorporated along with more detailed information on the treatment of medical emergencies in dental practice to include milder forms of allergy, acute coronary syndromes, and stroke. Also included is a useful section on recommendations for self audit to improve the quality of drug prescribing in dentistry.

Designed to be a handy resource to be used in conjunction with the British National Formulary (which contains the Dental Practitioners Formulary), information has been collated from the BNF (BNF 61), BNF for Children (BNFC 2011), and a wide variety of clinical and product literature including guidance from professional bodies.

Although it is a Scottish publication, this guidance is also available electronically via the SDCEP website http://www.sdcep.org.uk/index.aspx?o=2334 and plans are in hand to develop a Smartphone app.