Concepts in Dental Public Health

Author: Jill Mason
Edition: Second
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1582558418

Concepts in Dental Public Health

Written specifically for dental hygienists, this comprehensive textbook covers concepts, issues, techniques, and methods related to dental public health.
Categories: Community health services, Dental public health. Contributors: Jill Mason - Author. Format: Paperback
It focuses on the assessment of factors that affect oral health of populations and the development of policy in response to a population's needs. It also provides information regarding the active promotion of oral health maintenance. This text is unique in that it applies the Dental Hygiene Process of Care - a globally accepted, foundational concept in clinical care for dental hygienists - to the subject of dental public health, lending it greater relevance and familiarity to dental hygiene students. In addition, the text is based on the American Association of Dental Educators' Competencies f