This essential resource gives the reader a practical overview of the expanding and evolving role of the dental professional in the health care community. Coverage includes globalism, diversity, the impact of technology on public health and community dentistry, and information on Hepatitis C and water fluoridation. PART II: POPULATION SHIFTS AND DENTAL HEALTH PART III: DISTRIBUTION OF DENTAL DISEASE AND PREVENTION Epidemiology and Oral Diseases, Transmissible Disease and the Practice of Dentistry, Community Programs and Prevention, Dental Health Education, Program Planning, Program Evaluation PART IV: RESEARCH IN DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PART V: ETHICS AND THE LAW IN COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH
Dental Public Health: An Overview, Summary of the Surgeon Generals Report on Dentistry, Overview of the U.S. Dental Care Delivery System, An Overview of the Dental Workforce and Medicaid
Sociocultural Issues and Communication in Oral Health Care, Dental Health and the Aging Population, Early Childhood Caries
Introduction to Biostatistics, Dental Research and EBD and Access to the Literature
Ethical Dilemmas and Cases, The Law and Public Health