A dentist's guide to using the BNF: part I.

It was almost four years ago that information about medicines for oral conditions was integrated into the British National Formulary (BNF) proper. The intention was to prepare dentists to prescribe on terms similar to those of their medical colleagues and to make the information on dental and oral conditions accessible to all healthcare professionals who use the BNF. In the first of a two-part series, we describe how dentists can find significant changes in a new edition of the BNF and navigate to the dental information in it.