Essential Dental Public Health

Description

Essential Dental Public Health, Second Edition is an ideal introduction for undergraduate dental students to the field of public health. With a strong emphasis on evidence-based medicine, this guide puts clinical practice in context with the help of a problem based approach to learning, illustrations and lists of further reading.

• Clear writing styles with a problem-based approach to learning
• Emphasis on evidence-based medicine
• Further reading lists to help the reader expand their knowledge
• Discussion points aid self-assessment and provide a starting point for further study
• Illustrated throughout with graphs and schematic diagrams

New to this edition

• Brand new chapter on prevention of disease in vulnerable groups
• Updated in line with the newest guidelines and data in the field

About the Author(s)

Blánaid Daly, Senior Clinical Lecturer/Academic Lead in Special Care Dentistry, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry and Specialist in Dental Public Health, King's College London Dental Institute, London, Paul Batchelor, Hon. Senior Lecturer in Dental Public health, UCL, and National Research Facilitator and Course Director, Dental Health Services Leadership and Management programme, FGDP(UK), Royal College of Surgeons, London, Elizabeth Treasure, Professor of Dental Public Health and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University, and Richard Watt, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, University College London

Dr Blánaid is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Lead in Special Care Dentistry, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry and Specialist in Dental Public Health at the King's College London Dental Institute.; Dr Paul Batchelor is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Dental Public health at University College London and National Research Facilitator and Course Director of the Dental Health Services Leadership and Management Programme, FGDP(UK) at the Royal College of Surgeons.; Professor Elizabeth Treasure is Professor of Dental Public Health and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Cardiff University.; Professor Richard Watt is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health at the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Principles of Dental Public Health
1:Introduction to the principles of public health
2:Determinants of health
3:Definitions of health
4:Public health approaches to prevention
Part 2: Oral Epidemiology
5:Overview of epidemiology
6:Trends in oral health
7:Evidence-based practice
Part 3: Prevention and oral health promotion
8:Principles of oral health promotion
9:Overview of behaviour change
10:Prevention and oral health education in dental practice settings
11:Sugars and caries prevention
12:Fluoride and fissure sealants
13:Prevention of periodontal disease
14:Oral cancer prevention
15:Public health approaches to the prevention of traumatic dental injuries
16:Prevention for people with disabilities and vulnerable groups
Part 4: Health services
17:Overview of health care systems
18:The structure of the NHS in the UK
19:The structure of dental services in the UK
20:The European Union and dentistry
21:Planning dental services
22:Health economics
23:Problems with health care delivery

Reviews

"The authors have produced a concise summary of dental public health, never an easy thing to produce. It will be invaluable not only for undergraduates but also for professions complimentary to dentistry learning about public health. Postgraduate students and practitioners will find it a useful reference. I found it to be well laid out, interesting, and a very readable book. I'm sure I will refer to it at various tmes throughout my dental career."

"This book is well organized, well indexed, and extremely easy to read — so much so that I would have no problem recommending it to a layperson. ... It is an excellent review for board preparation and textbook for dental/hygiene students. This edition provides current information and reinforces the role and relevancy of dental public health as a specialty." - Gregory A. Stoute, Doody's Notes