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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside Front Cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. iii 8. Foreword - p. iii 9. List of Contributors - p. iii 10. Part I: Dentistry and the Community - p. iii 11. List of Illustrations - p. iii 12. List of Tables - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: The Practice of Dentistry and Dental Public Health - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: Social Determinants of Health and Oral Health Disparities and Inequities - p. iii 15. Chapter 3: Access to Dental Care - p. iii 16. Chapter 4: Ethics and Dental Public Health - p. iii 17. Part II: Dental Care Delivery - p. iii 18. Chapter 5: Delivery of Oral Health Care in the United States - p. iii 19. Chapter 6: Oral Health and Oral Health Care in Canada - p. iii 20. Chapter 7: Financing Dental Care - p. iii 21. Chapter 8: The Oral Health Workforce - p. iii 22. Chapter 9: Infection Prevention and Control - p. iii 23. Chapter 10: Reading the Dental Literature - p. iii 24. Chapter 11: Evidence-Based Dentistry - p. iii 25. Part III: Methods and Measurement of Oral Diseases and Conditions - p. iii 26. Chapter 12: Epidemiology and Research Design in Dental Public Health - p. iii 27. Chapter 13: Application of Biostatistics in Dental Public Health - p. iii 28. Chapter 14: Measurement and Distribution of Dental Caries - p. iii 29. Chapter 15: Measurement and Distribution of Periodontal Diseases - p. iii 30. Chapter 16: Measurement and Distribution of Oral Cancer - p. iii 31. Chapter 17: Measurement and Distribution of Edentulism and Tooth Retention - p. iii 32. Chapter 18: Measurement and Distribution of Malocclusion, Trauma, and Congenital Anomalies - p. iii 33. Chapter 19: Measurement and Distribution of Dental Fluorosis - p. iii 34. Chapter 20: Oral Health-Related Quality of Life - p. iii 35. Part IV: Health Promotion and Prevention of Oral Diseases - p. iii 36. Chapter 21: Oral Health Behavior Change and Oral Health Promotion - p. iii 37. Chapter 22: Health Education and Health Literacy in Dental Public Health - p. iii 38. Chapter 23: Diet and Oral Health - p. iii 39. Chapter 24: Fluoride and Human Health - p. iii 40. Chapter 25: Fluoride and Caries Prevention - p. iii 41. Chapter 26: Dental Sealants and Caries Prevention - p. iii 42. Chapter 27: Plaque Control and Promotion of Periodontal Health - p. iii 43. Chapter 28: Tobacco Control and Oral Health - p. iii 44. Index - p. iii
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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside Front Cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. Preface to the Seventh Edition - p. iii 8. Foreword - p. iii 9. List of Contributors - p. iii 10. Part I: Dentistry and the Community - p. iii 11. List of Illustrations - p. iii 12. List of Tables - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: The Practice of Dentistry and Dental Public Health - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: Social Determinants of Health and Oral Health Disparities and Inequities - p. iii 15. Chapter 3: Access to Dental Care - p. iii 16. Chapter 4: Ethics and Dental Public Health - p. iii 17. Part II: Dental Care Delivery - p. iii 18. Chapter 5: Delivery of Oral Health Care in the United States - p. iii 19. Chapter 6: Oral Health and Oral Health Care in Canada - p. iii 20. Chapter 7: Financing Dental Care - p. iii 21. Chapter 8: The Oral Health Workforce - p. iii 22. Chapter 9: Infection Prevention and Control - p. iii 23. Chapter 10: Reading the Dental Literature - p. iii 24. Chapter 11: Evidence-Based Dentistry - p. iii 25. Part III: Methods and Measurement of Oral Diseases and Conditions - p. iii 26. Chapter 12: Epidemiology and Research Design in Dental Public Health - p. iii 27. Chapter 13: Application of Biostatistics in Dental Public Health - p. iii 28. Chapter 14: Measurement and Distribution of Dental Caries - p. iii 29. Chapter 15: Measurement and Distribution of Periodontal Diseases - p. iii 30. Chapter 16: Measurement and Distribution of Oral Cancer - p. iii 31. Chapter 17: Measurement and Distribution of Edentulism and Tooth Retention - p. iii 32. Chapter 18: Measurement and Distribution of Malocclusion, Trauma, and Congenital Anomalies - p. iii 33. Chapter 19: Measurement and Distribution of Dental Fluorosis - p. iii 34. Chapter 20: Oral Health-Related Quality of Life - p. iii 35. Part IV: Health Promotion and Prevention of Oral Diseases - p. iii 36. Chapter 21: Oral Health Behavior Change and Oral Health Promotion - p. iii 37. Chapter 22: Health Education and Health Literacy in Dental Public Health - p. iii 38. Chapter 23: Diet and Oral Health - p. iii 39. Chapter 24: Fluoride and Human Health - p. iii 40. Chapter 25: Fluoride and Caries Prevention - p. iii 41. Chapter 26: Dental Sealants and Caries Prevention - p. iii 42. Chapter 27: Plaque Control and Promotion of Periodontal Health - p. iii 43. Chapter 28: Tobacco Control and Oral Health - p. iii 44. Index - p. iii
