DENH 2030 - Community Dental Health and Epidemiology

1. Dental public health
2. Methods of care delivery in the United States and globally
3. Costs, financing, and methods of payment of services in dentistry
4. Barriers to dental health care
5. Effectiveness and costs of community health programs
6. Dental epidemiology and dental indices
7. Principles of education and lesson planning
8. Components of a research article and research methodology
9. Biostatistics
10. Cultural competence
11. Career options, including dental public health and alternative practice setting

1. define public (community) health and dental public health.
2. differentiate the processes in the delivery of dental care in the public health and private sectors.
3. outline the science of epidemiology and attribute indices used to determine distribution of oral disease.
4. integrate prevention methods and strategies as it applies to oral disease.
5. deconstruct barriers to dental health care.
6. design a dental health education program utilizing the principles of evidence-based scientific literature and dental health education.
7. integrate elements of scientific theories, research, and biostatistics into educational, preventive, and therapeutic oral health services.
8. determine the distribution of dental personnel as it relates to the treatment need, demand, and utilization.
9. differentiate the financing of dental care and the methods of reimbursement by government, non-profit and private entities.
10. outline legislative initiatives addressed to alleviate the shortage of care providers.
11. determine career options for delivery of care in the public health arena.

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