This document provides an overview of dental public health. It defines key terms like health, public health, and dental public health. Dental public health aims to prevent dental diseases, promote oral health, and is concerned with education, research, administration of care programs, and prevention/control of common oral diseases like caries and periodontal disease. It discusses tools used like epidemiology, biostatistics, and principles of prevention, administration, and levels of prevention. It also outlines the procedural steps in dental public health like surveys, analysis, program planning, operation, financing, and appraisal. Similarities and differences between private clinics and public health dentistry are noted.

1. DR. NOORAH MURAD
COMMUNITY
DENTISTRY
LECTURE 1
DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

3. HEALTH DEFINITIONS
•One of the oldest definitions of health is absence of disease
•Webster define health as the condition of being sound in
body, mind, or spirit
•WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental
and social well being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity

6. PUBLIC
definition of public as refer to a
community, state, or nation

9. PUBLIC HEALTH
WHO define public health
As the science and art of
•Preventing disease
•Prolonging life
•Promoting health care (3Ps)
Through Organized community effort by

11. DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
•It is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental
disease and promoting dental health through organized
community efforts.
•It is that form of dental practice which serves the
community as a one unit rather than individual.

12. DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
CONCERNED WITH
•Dental health education of the public
•Research and application of the research findings
•Administration of programs of dental care
•Prevention and control of dental diseases

13. MOST COMMON DISEASES OF THE
MOUTH
Dental caries
Periodontal disease
Oral cancer,
developmental anomalies, acquired disorders.

14. WHY DENTAL
DISEASES HAVE AN
IMPACT ON PUBLIC
HEALTH?

15. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THESE DISEASES ARE:
1. They have Universal prevalence.
2. They Do not undergo remission or termination if left
untreated.
3. They usually require more time and cost for treatment

16. TOOLS OF DENTAL
PUBLIC HEALTH
PRACTITIONERS

17. Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Social sciences
Principles of administration
Preventive dentistry

19. EPIDEMIOLOGY
•Its a study of distribution and determinants of health events
in population
•It is the branch of medical science deals with epidemics

21. BIOSTATISTICS
Method of
Collecting
Organizing
Analyzing
Tabulating
Data
relating to a living organism or biological event

25. PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION
I. Organization: deals with structure of an agency and
arrange the people in to working groups
II. Management: handling the operations to get the job done

27. LEVELS OF PREVENTION
•Primary prevention : preventive measure is directed toward
pre pathogenic stage.
fluoridation, fissure sealants
•Secondary prevention : early diagnosis (pathogenic
prevention) , periodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery.
•Tertiary prevention : preventive measure is directed toward
pathogenic stage to restore function, aesthetics, (post
pathogenic) prosthodontics, implants.

28. PROCEDURAL STEPS IN
DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

29. SURVEY
First step in dental public health procedure
Method of data collection in order to determine the amount
of disease problems in a community

30. ANALYSIS
•The information collected through the survey is subjected to
analysis in order to define specific health problems in the
community
•In the present modern world electronic data processing
medias such as computers use to analyze data

31. PROGRAM PLANNING
•After problem analysis the next step is program planning
•The program must be accepted by the community and that
the people show an interest in it or to partly accept it or to
find an alternative method which is easer and cheaper

32. PROGRAM OPERATION
•When a specific program has to be adopted, a public health
team has to be employed for executing the program
•E.g. communal water fluoridation

33. FINANCING
•Financing in public health programs are usually the funds
provided by the government or by local authorities

34. PROGRAM APPRAISAL
•This is the final step in any public health program where
the effectiveness of the program is assessed

35. Similarities between personal and community
health care
Examination Survey
Diagnosis Analysis
Treatment planning program planning
Treatment program operation
Payment program funding
Evaluation Program appraisal

36. Differences between privet clinic and
public health dentistry
Target
Visiting
Major emphasis
Service provider
Supportive discipline
Perspective results
funding