National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, abbreviated as NABH, is a constituent board of Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. Formed in 2005, it is the principal accreditation for hospitals in India.

NABH has introduced Accreditation Standards for Dental Healthcare Service Providers (DHSP) namely Dental teaching institutions, Dental Hospitals and clinics. The NABH dental standards have been laid down keeping the Indian ethos and working environment in mind. The main focus of the standards is on patient safety, quality of care, knowledge updation, trained staff and environment protection.

Established in 1997 through a Cabinet decision of the Government of India (GoI) – Quality Council of India (QCI) is an autonomous organization under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association (ISQua EEA) was established by the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) in 2018 to deliver its external evaluation services.

ISQua EEA commenced operations in 2019 and provides third-party external evaluation services to health and social care external evaluation organisations and standards-developing bodies around the globe.

3rd edition APril-2023, NABH Accreditation for Dental Clinic DHSP. National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers