Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
Everything you need to know about Dental Public Health… at a Glance!
The essential reference covering the field of dental public health
Dental Public Health at a Glance, presents a rich introduction to dental and oral health issues in communities and populations. Offering comprehensive coverage of the field, each topic is richly illustrated and presented in an easy-to-comprehend two-page spread. The essential facts are clearly summarized and accompanied by tables, illustrations, and diagrams.
This revised and updated Second Edition presents a variety of updates, including the importance of population perspective on healthcare organization and delivery due to COVID-19 and other pandemics and the role to be played by dental services in contributing to the environmental agenda. It also addresses a number of revisions to important policy documents such as the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s report on feeding 1-5 year olds, emerging views on behavior change, and the increasing prominence of the Behavior Change Wheel.
Written by a widely published dental academic with more than 25 years of experience in the field, Dental Public Health includes information on: - Principles of measuring and recording oral health and the epidemiology of dental caries, periodontal diseases, and oral cancer - Study design, case reports, cohort studies, randomized controlled trials, and split-mouth and crossover studies in evidence based dentistry - Strategies for the delivery of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries, covering toothpaste, water fluoridation, and community fluoride schemes and fissure sealant programs - Societal factors influencing dental care including migration, race, and ethnicity - Considerations for a career in dental public health
Offering new revisions throughout all essential areas and case studies to enable enhanced understanding of concepts, Dental Public Health at a Glance is a must-have introductory textbook and revision guide for dentistry and dental hygiene and therapy students.
Table of Contents
Preface from the First Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition viii
Part 1 Introduction 1
1 What is dental public health? 2
2 Health, oral health and their determinants 4
Part 2 Epidemiology 7
3 Basic epidemiology 8
4 Principles of measuring and recording oral disease and oral health 10
5 Epidemiology of dental caries 12
6 Epidemiology of periodontal disease 14
7 Epidemiology of oral and oropharyngeal cancer 16
8 Epidemiology of malocclusion, non- carious tooth surface loss and traumatic dental injuries 18
9 National trends in oral health 20
10 International oral health 22
Part 3 Evidence Based Dentistry 25
11 Study design 26
12 Case reports and cross- sectional studies 28
13 Case- control studies 30
14 Cohort studies 32
15 Randomised controlled trials 34
16 Randomised controlled trials II: Split mouth and cross- over studies 36
17 Systematic reviews and meta- analysis 38
18 Evidence- based dentistry and clinical guidelines 40
Part 4 Oral Health Promotion 43
19 Inequalities in oral health 44
20 Oral health education, oral health promotion and oral health improvement 46
21 Considerations in promoting oral health 48
22 Behaviour change I 50
23 Behaviour change II 52
24 Strategies for improving oral health in populations 54
Part 5 Fluoride and Oral Health 57
25 Strategies for the delivery of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries 58
26 Toothpaste 60
27 Water fluoridation 62
28 Community fluoride schemes and fissure-sealant programmes 64
Part 6 Diet and Oral Health 67
29 Diet and oral health 68
30 Public health aspects of dietary modification 70
Part 7 Tobacco and Oral Health 73
31 Tobacco and oral health 74
32 Alternative ways in which tobacco is used and tobacco control 76
33 Smoking cessation 78
Part 8 Alcohol and Oral Health 81
34 Alcohol and oral health 82
Part 9 Assessing Health Needs 85
35 Assessing oral health needs on a population basis 86
36 The oral health needs of specific population groups 88
37 Screening and diagnostic tests 90
Part 10 Providing Dental Services 93
38 Health economics 94
39 How the National Health Service is organised 96
40 How dental care is organised in the United Kingdom 98
41 Paying for dental care 100
42 Barriers to accessing dental care 102
43 Migration, race and ethnicity 104
44 Skill mix in dentistry 106
45 Pandemics and other threats in the context of providing dental services 108
46 The environmental agenda and dentistry 110
47 The future delivery of dental care 112
Part 11 Quality Assurance of Dental Care 115
48 Quality dental care 116
49 Clinical audit 118
50 Regulatory bodies and patient complaints 120
Part 12 A career in Dental Public Health 123
51 A career in dental public health 124
52 References and selected useful resources and further reading 125
Index 127
