scholarly journals Trends in Public Health Dentistry. Dental Health Section

1956 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Fulton ◽  
Philip E. Blackerby ◽  
Albert L. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Public Health Dentistry

scholarly journals Comment on “Dental Prosthetic Status and Prosthetic Need of the Institutionalized Elderly Living in Geriatric Homes in Mangalore: A Pilot Study”

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Dixit ◽  
Varun Arora ◽  
Kapil Loomba ◽  
Ridhima Birmani Gaunkar ◽  
Seema K. Dixit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
Public Health Dentistry ◽  
Dental Health Surveys ◽  
Prosthetic Status ◽  
The Common ◽  
Prosthetic Need ◽  
Elderly Living

Public Health Dentistry is a speciality which is targeted towards the larger benefit of community and society. Dental health surveys in specific population groups should be planned adequately and the data should be analyzed in such a way so that it may help in making strategies for the intervention to improve the existing status. This could be only done with the help of proper planning, analysis and interpretation of a sample survey. The present study highlights the research design, statistical and inferential errors in a published work of public health dentistry in order to bring about the common mistakes and errors made. The renewed suggested approach helps in interpreting the results in a better way and makes them objective-oriented.

Dental Education: Challenges and Changes

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
V Hirekalmath Sushanth ◽  
Mohamed Imranulla ◽  
Priyanka P Madhu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Public Health Dentistry

ABSTRACT The aim of dental health education is to impart knowledge on the causes of oral diseases and providing the ways and possibilities of their prevention and adequate treatment. Health education would highlight the necessity of proper nutrition, maintenance of oral hygiene with the use of fluoride products, and other regimen as well as drive attention toward the significance of regular check-ups with a dentist. Public health dentistry in India has become the only key toward future dental workforce and strategies. There have been numerous challenges which exist for expanding oral health care in India, in which the biggest challenge is the need for dental health planners with relevant qualifications and training in public health dentistry. There is a serious lack of authentic and valid data for assessment of community demands, as well as the lack of an organized system for monitoring oral health care services to guide planners. Based on the aim for sustained development, human resource planning and utilization should be used along with a system of monitoring and evaluation. Hence, both demand and supply influence the ability of the dental workforce to adequately and efficiently provide dental care to an Indian population which is growing in size and diversity. How to cite this article Nair AR, Prashant GM, Kumar PGN, Sushanth VH, Imranulla M, Madhu PP. Dental Education: Challenges and Changes. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2017;11(2):34-37.

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