Essentials Of Public Health and Dentistry (Community Dentistry)

Extensive coverage in depth into various related topics have been done in order to reduce the task of students searching for many books. A chapter on Nutrition and Oral Health has been added. The epidemiological aspects of oral diseases and conditions have been explained. Information about Mobile clinics and frequently used definitions/descriptions add value to this edition. Contents Section I 1. Introduction to dentistry Section II - Public Health 2. Introduction to Public Health 3. General Epidemiology 4. Environment and health 5. Health education and Health Promotion 6. Ethics in medicine & dentistry 7. Medical jurisprudence 8. Nutrition and oral health 9. Behavioral and Social Sciences 10. Health care delivery Section III - Dental Public Health 11. Public Health Dentistry 12. Dental Caries 13. Periodontal Disease 14. Oral Cancer 15. Malocclusion 16. Planning and Evaluation 17. Survey Procedures in Dentistry 18. Indices in Dental Epidemiology 19. Dental Manpower 20. School Oral Health Program 21. Finance in Dental Care Section IV - Preventive Dentistry 22. Fluorides 23. Pit and Fissure Sealants 24. Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Section V 25. Research Methodology and Biostatistics Section VI - Practice management and administration 26. Occupational Hazards in dentistry 27. Infection Control in dentistry 28. Establishing & maintaining a dental office 29. Mobile Dental Clinics 30. Health economics Section VII - Miscellaneous 31. Case history 32. Definitions / Descriptions 33. Index