Synopses & Reviews
Dental public health is essential to the practice of dentistry as it puts dentistry in context within society and seeks to answer questions at a population level. This introductory book aims to stimulate the reader's interest and encourage a questionning approach to dental public health issues and their relationship to clinical practice. Divided into four sections, the book covers the philosophy and basis of the subject, the epidemiology of oral diseases, oral health promotion and oral health services. 'Essential Dental Public Health' serves as a practical and relevant overview of the subject. It includes summaries of the points made with 'take home' messages to apply to practice. Where appropriate, problems are included so that the student may learn by problem solving. Further reading lists are provided allowing information in related subjects that are beyond the scope of this book. The reader will gain an understanding of the principles of dental public health sufficient for an undergraduate dental student. The book provides material to fulfill their requirements but also provides an excellent introduction for anyone looking for more detailed knowledge.
Table of Contents
1.
Principles of Dental Health Introduction to the principles of public health
2. Determinants of health
3. Definitions of health
4. Public health approaches to prevention and treatment
5. Epidemiology Introduction to epidemiology
6. Epidemiological tools
7. Trends in oral health
8. Evidence based dentistry
9. Critical appraisal of literature
10. Prevention and oral health promotion Introduction to prevention and health promotion
11. Principles of oral health promotion
12. Overview of behaviour change - understanding change
13. Oral health education in dental practice settings
14. Sugars and caries prevention
15. Fluorides and caries prevention
16. Prevention of periodontal diseases
17. Oral cancer prevention
18. Health Services Overview of healthcare systems
19. The structure of the dental services in the UK
20. The European Union and dentistry
21. Planning dental services
22. Commissioning of health services
23. Health economics
24. Problems with health services
25. Dental organisations