DENH 2030 - Community Dental Health and Epidemiology

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

1. differentiate the processes in the delivery of dental care in the public health and private sectors.
2. describe community dental health.
3. discuss the science of epidemiology as it relates to oral disease
4. identify indices of dental epidemiology to determine distribution of oral disease.
5. identify prevention methods of oral diseases.
6. demonstrate the application of preventive strategies.
7. identify the barriers to dental health care.
8. prepare a dental health education program using the principles of research and dental health education.
9. discuss the elements of dental hygiene research and biostatistics.
10. evaluate scientific literature as it relates to community dental health.
11. discuss the distribution of dental personnel as it relates to the treatment need, demand, and utilization.
12. compare career options for delivery of care in the public health arena.
13. discuss legislative initiatives to alleviate the shortage of care providers.
14. discuss the financing of dental care and the methods of reimbursement by government, non-profit, and private entities.

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