Burt and Eklund's dentistry, dental practice, and the community

"Learn about the challenges, current trends, and the positive role that you can play in improving the dental health of the community. Completely revised and updated by members of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, Burt and Eklund's Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community, 7th Edition presents dentistry and dental practice against the ever-changing backdrop of economic, technological, and demographic trends, as well as the distribution of the oral diseases that dental professionals treat and prevent. Readers will learn the latest techniques of research and measurement, and how oral disease may be limited through control and prevention. This updated text also addresses the new educational competencies for predoctoral/ post-doctoral dental students and dental hygiene students with updated and new content on cultural competency, oral health literacy, social responsibility, motivational interviewing, and oral systemic associations. All in all, this text takes a comprehensive look at the social context of dental care and the difference you can make in improving the health of the community you serve."--Publisher description

"AAPHD American Association of Public Health Dentistry, leaders in promoting oral health."

The practice of dental public health -- Social determinants of health and oral health disparities -- Access to dental care -- Ethics and dental public health -- Delivery of oral health care in the united states -- Delivery of oral health care in Canada -- Financing dental care or dental care financing -- The oral health workforce -- Environmental health issues in dentistry (infection control, mercury safety, BPA) -- Reading the dental literature -- Evidence-based dentistry -- Research designs in oral epidemiology -- Application of biostatistics in dental public health -- Measurement and distribution of dental caries -- Measurement and distribution of periodontal disease -- Measurement and distribution of oral cancer -- Measurement and distribution of edentulism and tooth retention -- Measurement and distribution of malocclusion, trauma, congenital anomalies -- Measurement and distribution of dental fluorosis -- Oral health related quality of life and wellbeing -- Health behavior and oral health promotion -- Oral health education and health literacy in dental public health -- Diet and oral health -- Fluoride and human health -- Fluoride and caries prevention --- Dental sealants and…