Community Dental Health

Catalog description

This course provides students with a broad understanding of the healthcare system and an objective view of the significant social, political, psychological, and economic forces directing the system. It prepares students to promote oral health and prevent oral disease in a community by meeting specific dental health needs of community groups. Topics include epidemiology, community dental care assessment, community dental care provision, preventive counseling for groups, group oral health education, terminology, dental care systems, biostatistics, and concepts of dental research.