Dental Public Health
This dental professional provides preventive and restorative care in underserved communities.
Dental therapist
This ethical principle emphasizes self-governance and the patient’s right to make their own decisions.
Autonomy
The process of systematically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting oral health information.
Research Design
A research approach that examines an individual or small group in detail.
Case Study
The use of technology and telecommunication to provide remote dental care.
Teledentistry
The branch of dentistry that focuses on preventing and controlling dental diseases at the community level.
Dental Public Health
The ethical principle that means "do good" and act in the best interest of the patient.
Benificence
A systematic search and evaluation of published studies related to a specific topic.
Literature review
A study that looks back at past records or data to analyze outcomes.
Retrospective Study
The shift towards preventive care rather than reactive treatment in oral health.
Preventive Dentistry
This term refers to the general direction in which dental care services, policies, or treatment modalities are moving.
Dental Trends
The duty to be honest and truthful in professional interactions.
Veracity
A proposed explanation or prediction that can be tested through research.
Hypothesis
A study that follows subjects over an extended period.
Longitudinal Study
The growing role of dental hygienists in providing expanded services like local anesthesia and restorative care.
Expanded function DH
The study and practice of promoting oral health and preventing disease on a population level.
Public Health
Patients must be fully informed about their treatment options before agreeing to care.
Informed consent
The process of selecting participants for a study.
Sampling
A research method that captures data at a single point in time.
Cross-sectional Study
The movement toward universal oral health coverage and improved access to care.
Dental Public Health Policy
This specialized field focuses on diagnosing and treating issues related to the dental pulp.
Endodontics
A small-scale version of a study conducted before the full-scale research project begins.
Pilot Study
The approach of integrating clinical expertise, patient needs, and the best available research.
Evidence Based Practice
The organized steps taken to conduct a research study.
Method
A type of research that tracks how oral health services and diseases evolve over time in a given population.
What is a dental epidemiological study?