So what is public health dentistry, why is it important to be included in the dental curriculum. Its here in this presentation. Go through it to get a small tour into public health dentistry.

1. Orientation to
Public Health Dentistry
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2. Welcome to Public health Dentistry
This presentation will provide you with an
overview of:
 What is Public Health Dentistry (PHD)
 Aims and Objectives of PHD
 How Public Health Dentistry is
different from General Dentistry ?
 Core areas in Public Health Dentistry
 Functions of PHD
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3. Public Health Dentistry:
It is that specialized branch of
dentistry which deals with delivery
of comprehensive dental & oral
health care to the masses so as to
improve the total dental & oral
health of the community as a whole.
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4. Dental Public Health is that part of dentistry
providing:
Leadership and expertise in population-
based dentistry,
oral health surveillance,
policy development,
community-based disease
prevention and health promotion.
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6. Aims of Public Health Dentistry
To prevent & Control oral diseases &
promote oral health
through organized community efforts.
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11. Objectives of Public Health Dentistry :
To get knowledge about public
health, preventive dentistry
Public health problems in India,
Nutrition & environment & their
role in health, biostatistics.
Conducting health survey, health
education
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12. Upstream-Downstream……
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13. Aims at enhancing oral health of the
Indian community through team
efforts since 1993
Founded in 1937: provides a
focus for meeting the challenge
to improve oral health.
- To improve total health for all
citizens through the development
and support of effective
programs of oral health
promotion and disease
prevention.
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14. Core areas in Public HealthDentistry
BIOSTATISTICSEPIDEMIOLOGY
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
PRINCIPLES OF
ADMINISTRATIONS
PREVENTIVE
DENTISTRY
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EPIDEMIOLOGY

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BIOSTATISTICS

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SOCIAL
SCIENCES

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PRINCIPLES OF
ADMINISTRATIONS

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PREVENTIVE
DENTISTRY

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HowPublicHealth Dentistryis different fromGeneral Dentistry?

21. Model to demonstrate brushing methods
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22. What wouldhappen if we didn’t have public health
Approach?
Oral Infectious diseases such as Dental Caries,
Periodontitis and oral cancer would be more
prevalent.
People would be ill from preventable Oral diseases.
More youth and adults would be smoking or
abusing drugs and alcohol
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24. Key Advice
Keep open-minded
and maintain a
positive attitude Get involved and say
“yes” to every
experience offered
to you
Public health is very
different from acute
care and so be
prepared to do extra
reading in order to
feel prepared
Don’t be afraid to ask
questions and to ask
to observe or work in
a variety of program
areas
Share your energy
and ideas
This experience will
only be as good as
you make it. Seize
all opportunities
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26. Many opportunities….
To contribute
to the Oral health of society…
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27. Good Luck !
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