Dental Public Health
The community is your patient in this form of dentistry
What is community or public health dentistry?
0.7ppm
What is the recommended level of fluoride in community water?
A broad statement that reflects the final outcome
What is a goal?
A broad statement that reflects the final outcome
What is a goal?
The most common type of evaluation used in public health programs
What is a type 3 (inspection)?
NSPT is an example of this level of prevention
What is secondary prevention?
The SINGLE most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay.
What is community water fluoridation?
A state of physical, mental, and social well-being that involves more than just the absence of disease
What is health?
These are written in the SMART form
What are objectives?
Simple, Cumulative, Irreversible or Reversible
What are categories of dental indices?
Assessment, policy development and assurance
What are the core Functions and Essential Services of Public Health?
The leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers
What is HPV?
Precontemplation is a construct of this behavior model
What is the Transtheoretical Model (TMC)?
During this stage of program planning the dental hygienist considers the population's needs, facilities, resources, and funding
What is assessment or needs assessment?
Measure the presence or absence of condition
What is a simple index?
The conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks
What are the social determinants of health?
CDC has recognized it as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements in the 20th century
What is community water fluoridation?
The capacity of individuals to access, interpret, and understand basic health information and services and the skills to use the information and services to promote health
What is health literacy?
During this stage of program planning the dental hygienist prioritizes needs
What is the diagnosis stage?
When an index measures what is intended
What is validity?
The level of supervision that requires that the dentist be present, generally authorize the work to be performed, examine the patient, either before or after work is performed, and be available for consultation during treatment
What is indirect supervision?
If a child is between 6 mos- 3 years old and receiving less than .3ppm of fluoride in their water this would be the recommended supplementation of fluoride
What is 0.25 ppm?
This learning model is arranged from lower to higher level needs
What is the learning ladder?
A visual representation of how a program can address a problem and achieve a goal.
What is a logic model?
This index uses a CPITN-E Probe or the WHO Probe
What is the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) or Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR)?