Dental Public Health at a Glance

Ivor G. Chestnutt is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Studies at the School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, UK. Ivor is registered as a Specialist in Dental Public Health with the General Dental Council. He has been involved in dental public health research and teaching for nearly 25 years and is widely published on the subject.

Preface

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 What is Dental Public Health?

Chapter 2 Health, Oral Health and their Determinants

PART 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY

Chapter 3 Basic Epidemiology

Chapter 4 Principles Of Measuring and Recording Oral Disease and Oral Health.

Chapter 5 Epidemiology of Dental Caries

Chapter 6 Epidemiology of periodontal disease.

Chapter 7 Epidemiology of oral cancer

Chapter 8 Epidemiology of Malocclusion, Non-Carious Tooth Surface Loss and Traumatic Dental Injuries.

Chapter 9 National trends in oral health

Chapter 10 International Oral Health

Part 3 EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY

Chapter 11 Study design

Chapter 12 Case Reports and Cross Sectional Studies

Chapter 13 Case-Control Studies

Chapter 14 Cohort studies

Chapter 15 Randomised controlled trials

Chapter 16 Randomised Controlled Trials II. Split mouth and Cross-over Studies

Chapter 17 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

Chapter 18 Evidence-based dentistry and clinical guidelines

PART 4 ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION

Chapter 19 Inequalities in oral health

Chapter 20 Oral health education, oral health promotion and oral health improvement.

Chapter 21 Considerations in promoting oral health

Chapter 22 Behaviour change

Chapter 23 Strategies for improving oral health in populations

PART 5 FLUORIDE AND ORAL HEALTH

Chapter 24 Strategies for the delivery of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries

Chapter 25 Toothpaste

Chapter 26 Water Fluoridation

Chapter 27 Community fluoride schemes. Fissure sealant programmes

PART 6 DIET AND ORAL HEALTH

Chapter 28 Diet and Oral Health

Chapter 29 Public health aspects of dietary modification

PART 7 SMOKING AND ORAL HEALTH

Chapter 30 Smoking and Oral Health

Chapter 31 Alternative Ways in Which Tobacco is Used / Tobacco Control

Chapter 32 Smoking cessation

PART 8 ALCOHOL AND ORAL HEALTH

Chapter 33 Alcohol and Oral Health

PART 9 ASSESSING HEALTH NEEDS

Chapter 34 Assessing Oral Health Needs on a Population Basis

Chapter 35 The Oral Health Needs of Specific Population Groups

Chapter 36 Screening and diagnostic tests

PART 10 PROVIDING DENTAL SERVICES

Chapter 37 Health Economics

Chapter 38 How dental care is organised in the UK.

Chapter 39 Paying for Dental Care

Chapter 40 Barriers to Accessing Dental Care

Chapter 41 Migration, race and ethnicity

Chapter 42 Skill-mix in dentistry

Chapter 43 A vision for the future delivery of dental care

PART 11 QUALTY ASSURANCE OF DENTAL CARE

Chapter 44 Quality Dental Care

Chapter 45 Clinical Audit

Chapter 46 Regulatory bodies and patient complaints

PART 12 A CAREER IN DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 47 A Career in Dental Public Health

Chapter 48 Useful References and Further Reading

Index