Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community - E-Book
Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community - E-Book

Author: Brian A. Burt

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2005-03-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 1437725619

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This great resource presents dentistry and dental practice against the ever-changing backdrop of economic, technological, and demographic trends, as well as the distribution of the oral diseases that dental professionals treat and prevent. The text is logically divided into five parts. Dentistry and the Community deals with the development of the dental and dental hygiene professions, demographics of the public, its use of dental services, and the professional role. Dental Practice covers the structure and financing of dental care, the personnel involved in providing that care, and the emerging field of evidence-based dentistry. The Methods of Oral Epidemiology provides a comprehensive assessment of the epidemiology of oral diseases and the determinants of their distribution in society. The Distribution of Oral Diseases and Conditions gives a detailed presentation of how the common oral diseases are distributed in the community. Prevention of Oral Diseases in Public Health discusses methods of preventing oral diseases in dental practice and through public health action. - Thorough explanations of how to read dental literature help readers understand how to draw their own conclusions from the latest studies. - Coverage presents a number of complex problems facing practitioners today regarding access to dental care, and discusses how to solve them by working with public authorities and insurers. - Comprehensive coverage of oral disease distribution helps readers to understand trends and risks they will encounter in the field. - Material on prevention and control of oral diseases provides important information that all dental practitioners should have. - Research designs used in oral epidemology assess the pros and cons of dental indexes available, allowing readers to gain an understanding of the complexities of disease measurement and research. - Detailed content on providing dental care to the American public presents a unique opportunity to learn the system of dental care delivery. - State-of-the-art coverage of mercury issues offer a balanced view of issues like toxicity, potential hazards, review of evidence, and politics. - Ethical guidelines provide a discussion of how ethical principles have evolved over time and the precipitating events that pushed ethical practice into the forefront of health care. - Information on the development of dental professions gives readers insight into how these professions originated and their current state.·Content addresses evidence-based dentistry, and how it can and should become part of the everyday clinical life of the practitioner, since staying current is vital to providing excellent patient care.·Discussions of infection control procedures and the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B incorporate new, updated guidelines in dental health care settings released in 2003.

Burt and Eklund's Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community - E-Book
Burt and Eklund's Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community - E-Book

Author: Amer Assoc of Public Health Dentistry

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-03-22

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0323554857

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Learn about the challenges, current trends, and the positive role that you can play in improving the dental health of the community. Completely revised and updated by members of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, Burt and Eklund's Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community, 7th Edition presents dentistry and dental practice against the ever-changing backdrop of economic, technological, and demographic trends, as well as the distribution of the oral diseases that dental professionals treat and prevent. Readers will learn the latest techniques of research and measurement, and how oral disease may be limited through control and prevention. This updated text also addresses the new educational competencies for predoctoral/ post-doctoral dental students and dental hygiene students with updated and new content on cultural competency, oral health literacy, social responsibility, motivational interviewing, and oral systemic associations. All in all, this text takes a comprehensive look at the social context of dental care and the difference you can make in improving the health of the community you serve. - Logical four-part organization divides content into dentistry and the community; dental care delivery; methods and measurement of oral diseases and conditions; and health promotion and prevention of oral diseases. - A focus on need-to-know content emphasizes the important core information while providing comprehensive coverage of dental public health. - Comprehensive analysis of dentistry's social and professional role examines issues such as epidemiology of oral diseases, prevention, and the provision of care. - Evidence-based recommendations reflect the latest literature on today's public health issues. - Illustrations, tables, and graphics illustrate the key material and visually enhance discussions. - NEW! Completely revised and updated content looks at populations oral health and dental care as well as how it fits into a changing world. - NEW! Coverage of new educational competencies provides predoctoral/ post-doctoral dental students and dental hygiene students with updated and new content on cultural competency, oral health literacy, social responsibility, motivational interviewing, and oral systemic associations. - NEW! New chapters cover the applications of epidemiology and biostatistics in dental public health, oral health as it related to quality of life, oral health education, health literacy, social determinants of health and health disparities, and delivery of oral healthcare in Canada. - NEW! Newly revised competencies for the Dental Public Health specialty are incorporated throughout the book.

Textbook of Preventive and Community Dentistry
Textbook of Preventive and Community Dentistry

Author: S. S. Hiremath

Publisher: Elsevier India

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 8131225305

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This book provides a comprehensive yet simple presentation of Preventive and Community Dentistry. Based on the syllabus prescribed by Dental Council of India, the book covers various aspects of public health, dental public health, preventive dentistry, and research methodology. An important feature of the book is inclusion of additional chapters on Forensic dentistry, Hospital administration, Occupational hazards, Nutrition and oral Health, Minimal invasive dentistry and Dental Practice management. These chapters are vital for richer understanding of community dentistry. Further, some useful information like facts about tobacco, fluorides and clinical cases proforma are included separately under the Appendices. All these features make the book quite comprehensive in scope and contemporary in approach. This book provides a comprehensive yet simple presentation of Preventive and Community Dentistry. Based on the syllabus prescribed by Dental Council of India, the book covers various aspects of public health, dental public health, preventive dentistry, and research methodology. An important feature of the book is inclusion of additional chapters on Forensic dentistry, Hospital administration, Occupational hazards, Nutrition and oral Health, Minimal invasive dentistry and Dental Practice management. These chapters are vital for richer understanding of community dentistry. Further, some useful information like facts about tobacco, fluorides and clinical cases proforma are included separately under the Appendices. All these features make the book quite comprehensive in scope and contemporary in approach.

Dentistry English for Dental Practice Textbook and Exercise Book
Dentistry English for Dental Practice Textbook and Exercise Book

Author: Irena Baumruková

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-09-27

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1483695131

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Presented work is a textbook and exercise book of medical English in the branch of stomatology and at the same time a reading book of professional texts taken from the newest original sources. The material can be used by dentists and dental hygienists who encounter English-speaking clients in their surgeries. Professionals and students who are going to work or study in English-speaking countries as well as teachers of medical English at high schools and universities will find this book a useful aid for theoretical subjects and a valuable manual for everyday practice. All exercises contain correct answers, and the keys can also be used by students whose native language is English. The topics covered are preventive and community dental practice; history taking and examination; dental radiology; psychological aspects of dental care; paediatric dentistry; general medicine of relevance to dentistry; emergencies in dental practice; analgesia, sedation, and general anaesthesia; oral medicine; oral and maxillofacial surgery; periodontology; restorative dentistry; operative dentistry; minor oral surgery; orthodontics; removable prosthodontics; dental materials and conservation instruments. The author wishes a lot of success to all motivated and hard-working students.

Dental Education at the Crossroads
Dental Education at the Crossroads

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-01-12

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0309176395

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Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Oral Health Literacy
Oral Health Literacy

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0309262925

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy focuses on bringing together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to address challenges facing health literacy practice and research and to identify approaches to promote health literacy in both the public and private sectors. The roundtable serves to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding the issues of health literacy, sponsoring workshops to discuss approaches to resolve health literacy challenges. It also builds partnerships to move the field of health literacy forward by translating research findings into practical strategies for implementation. The Roundtable held a workshop March 29, 2012, to explore the field of oral health literacy. The workshop was organized by an independent planning committee in accordance with the procedures of the National Academy of Sciences. The planning group was composed of Sharon Barrett, Benard P. Dreyer, Alice M. Horowitz, Clarence Pearson, and Rima Rudd. The role of the workshop planning committee was limited to planning the workshop. Unlike a consensus committee report, a workshop summary may not contain conclusions and recommendations, except as expressed by and attributed to individual presenters and participants. Therefore, the summary has been prepared by the workshop rapporteur as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop.

The U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade
The U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0309147948

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Access to oral health services is a problem for all segments of the U.S. population, and especially problematic for vulnerable populations, such as rural and underserved populations. The many challenges to improving access to oral health services include the lack of coordination and integration among the oral health, public health, and medical health care systems; misaligned payment and education systems that focus on the treatment of dental disease rather than prevention; the lack of a robust evidence base for many dental procedures and workforce models; and regulatory barriers that prevent the exploration of alternative models of care. This volume, the summary of a three-day workshop, evaluates the sufficiency of the U.S. oral health workforce to consider three key questions: What is the current status of access to oral health services for the U.S. population? What workforce strategies hold promise to improve access to oral health services? How can policy makers, state and federal governments, and oral health care providers and practitioners improve the regulations and structure of the oral health care system to improve access to oral health services?