Dental Public Health and Research 4th Edition by Christine Nathe ISBN 0134255461 9780134255460

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ISBN 10:       0134255461
ISBN 13: 978-0134255460
Author:      Christine Nathe   

Designed for community dental/public health courses, Dental Public Health and Research also serves as an ideal resource for board exam preparation or for dental hygiene practitioners.

Dental Public Health and Research explores the ever-changing world of dental public health–a dynamic career pathway for dental hygienists–and provides readers with the key tools needed to effectively practice and conduct dental hygiene in the public health setting. The Fourth Edition features an increased emphasis on the dental hygienist’s understanding of research principles, and an expanded discussion of public health science. Readers are guided through dental hygiene fundamentals, programs, research, and practical strategies to give them a true understanding of what it takes to be a successful, contemporary dental hygiene practitioner.

Dental Public Health and Research 4th Table of contents:

Unit I: Introduction to Dental Public Health

1. Dental Public Health: An Overview

   • Overview of Public Health, its goals, challenges, and the historical perspective.
   • Focuses on factors influencing dental public health, including access to care, infrastructure, workforce, oral health disparities, and the aging population’s dental care needs.

2. The Prevention Movement

   • Discusses the evolution of organized dental hygiene and various preventive modalities like fluoride, dental sealants, nutritional counseling, and more.

3. Dental Care Delivery in the United States

   • Covers the structure of dental care delivery, both federally and at the state level, including different governmental agencies involved in dental care, and workforce issues.

4. Dental Hygiene Care Delivery in the Global Community

   • Explores global oral health needs, the international distribution of dental hygienists, educational standards, professional regulation, and initiatives to promote oral health equity.

5. Financing of Dental Care

   • Discusses various payment methods, insurance plans, governmental roles, and Medicaid dental coverage.

6. Federal and State Legislation Affecting Dental Hygiene Practice

   • Focuses on historical practice issues, state laws, and state dental boards that impact dental hygiene practice, including the supervision of dental hygienists.

7. Advocacy for Dental Care

   • Covers understanding change in dental care policies, roles and responsibilities in advocacy, lobbying for policy change, and collaborating with partners to promote dental health.

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Unit II: Dental Hygiene Public Health Programs

8. Dental Health Education and Promotion

   • Introduces theories of health education and motivation, and methods to change values and behaviors in public health initiatives.

9. Lesson Plan Development

   • Outlines the dental hygiene process of care, from assessment to implementation, and includes strategies for effective lesson planning and evaluation in dental education.

10. Target Populations

• Identifies and addresses the specific dental care needs of target populations such as individuals with medical conditions, disabilities, and those living with poverty.

11. Cultural Competency

• Explores cultural diversity in healthcare and its impact on dental hygiene practice, emphasizing communication and overcoming barriers to care.

12. Program Planning

• Discusses program planning paradigms, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, and implementation strategies for successful dental hygiene public health programs.

13. Program Evaluation

• Focuses on techniques and dental indexes for evaluating the success of dental public health programs, including common indexes for plaque, gingival health, and dental caries.

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Unit III: Dental Hygiene Research

14. Research in Dental Hygiene

• Highlights the role of research in advancing dental hygiene and its historical development as a discipline.

15. Ethical Principles in Research

• Discusses ethical considerations in dental hygiene research, including roles of government and private entities.

16. The Research Process

• Covers various research approaches, including descriptive, retrospective, and experimental methodologies.

17. Biostatistics

• Introduces statistical methods for analyzing dental research data, including central tendency, correlation, t-tests, and chi-square tests.

18. Oral Epidemiology

• Defines oral epidemiology and explores its role in tracking and analyzing oral health trends, including oral health surveillance systems and national reports.

19. Current Oral Epidemiological Findings

• Reviews the current epidemiology of oral diseases, including periodontal diseases, dental caries, oral cancer, and more.

20. Evaluation of Scientific Literature and Dental Products

• Provides guidance on how to evaluate dental care products and the scientific literature that supports their use.

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Unit IV: Practical Strategies for Dental Public Health

21. Careers in Dental Public Health

• Explores various career opportunities in dental public health, both nationally and internationally, including roles in federal, state, and local public health agencies.

22. Strategies for Creating Dental Hygiene Positions in Dental Public Health Settings

• Discusses legislative strategies for creating dental hygiene positions, including planning, assessment, and proposal development.

23. Dental Public Health Review

• A comprehensive review, including test-taking strategies and key concepts from the previous units.

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