Introduction to Public Health Dentistry Dr Ankur Sharma

Introduction to Public Health Dentistry Dr. Ankur Sharma PHD@ MRDC

Aims Deve lop co Histor ical as ncept pects o of He f denta Underst l healt alth and wha hcare t is dent al public health Know what are tools of dental public health c li b u p l ta n e d in s Procedural step t s i t n e d alth e h c i l b pu f o e try l s o i R t n e d h t l a e h c i l b u sp v y r t tis n e d e Privat

Looks Healthy? Name: Anita Age: 22 years Gender: Female Student at a business school in Delhi Blood pressure: 124/82 mm Hg Pulse rate: 72/minute BMI: Normal No history of disease Oral health status: Good

Now the other part. . Anita lives alone and doesn’t make friends She usually gets headaches Lately, she has taken to smoking

WHOM WILL YOU CONSIDER HEALTHY ? Now move to worksheet task 1

HEALTH

Health = Healthy Individual Public Health = Healthy Society

Concepts of Dental Health in India: Timelines 1948 1985 1000 BCE 1889 CE 1926 CE

Sage Sushruta: Varanasi Description of severe periodontal disease with purulent discharge Charaka Toothbrushing using Neem twigs

Bengal Birth of Dr. R. Ahmed: Father of Indian Dentistry

Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College starts at Calcutta.

1948: Dentist Act passed by the Parliament of India to regulate profession of dentistry in India 1985: Draft plan for National Oral Health Policy

Manager/ Administrator Clinician Consultant Public Health Dentist Trainer Preacher Now move to worksheet task No. 2 Researcher

Tools of dental public health Epidemiology Biostatistics Social sciences Principles of administration Preventive dentistry Now move to worksheet task no 3

Procedural steps in dental public health At the end of this topic move to task 4 of the worksheet

Population based Data Organization Program Design teamwork funding Assessing the indicators Survey Data Collection Analysis Program Planning Program operation financing budgeting Program appraisal Various parameters Use of Statistics Community participation Implementation

Private practice vs. public health dentistry

• Major emphasis • Essential requirements for success • Service provider • Intervention • Supportive disciplines • Organization and management • Prespective • Evaluation and results • Aftercare • Funding • • • Individual patient History and examination IOPA & tests Diagnosis Treatment plan • Curative care • Patient consent and cooperation • Dentist alone • Dental procedure • Psychology • Not relevant • • Immediate Relief of symptoms Recall Generally by the patient. • Community/ group • Analysis of records Public health dentistry Target Collection of information Special investigations Conclusions Remedial measures Private practice Characteristic • • • Surveys • Action plan • Promotive/ preventive care • Community participation • Team • Program • Sociology, Social Psychology, Education, Epidemiology, Biostatistics. • • • Relevent Long term Program evaluation Continuing/ self care By govt. / local authorities.

Bibliography and Further reading 1. 2. 3. 4. Soben Peter. Essential of Preventive and Community Dentistry: 1 ed April 2002; Arya (Medi) Publishing House, New Delhi. S. S. Hiremath. Textbook of Preventive and Community Dentistry: 1 ed 2009; Elsevier, India. Blanaid Daly et al. Essential Dental Public Health: 1 ed 2002; Oxford University Press. M. Patel, N. Patel. Dental Public Health A Primer: Radcliffe Publishers.

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