Research Catalog

Title

Dentistry, dental practice, and the community / Brian A. Burt, Steven A. Eklund.

Author

Burt, Brian A.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Eklund, Stephen A.

Description

x, 425 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Dental public health > United States
• Dentistry > United States
• Public Health Dentistry
• Preventive Dentistry
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The professions of dentistry and dental hygiene -- 2. The public served by dentistry -- 3. Ethics and responsibility in dental care -- 4. The practice of dental public health -- 5. Oral health promotion -- 6. The practice of dentistry -- 7. Financing dental care -- 8. The dental workforce -- 9. Access to dental care -- 10. The healthy dental practice : infection control and mercury safety -- 11. Reading the dental literature -- 12. Evidence-based dentistry -- 13. Research designs in oral epidemiology -- 14. The measurement of oral disease -- 15. Measuring dental caries -- 16. Measuring periodontal diseases -- 17. Measuring dental fluorosis -- 18. Measuring other conditions in oral epidemiology -- 19. Tooth loss -- 20. Dental caries -- 21. Periodontal diseases -- 22. Dental fluorosis -- 23. Oral cancer and other oral conditions -- 24. Fluoride : human health and caries prevention -- 25. Fluoridation of drinking water -- 26. Other uses of fluoride in caries prevention -- 27. Fissure sealants -- 28. Diet and plaque control -- 29. Prevention of periodontal diseases -- 30. Restricting the use of tobacco.

ISBN

072160515X

OCLC

• ocm59280504
• SCSB-8881288

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries