<p>Here is the thoroughly revised and reorganized 5th Edition of this highly successful dental public health text. Updated to reflect the current information and to keep pace with social changes, this resource presents dental practice as it relates to social events -- economy, technology and demographic trends, and epidemiology. Describes how to determine the quality of scientific papers in dental literature. This edition features a helpful detailed outline before each chapter and many new tables and graphics.</p>
<li>Provides coverage of: The development of the dental profession; dental demographics; ethics in dentistry; professional roles; infection control procedures; the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B on dentistry; how to use dental literature more effectively; and more.</li>Features chapters on providing dental care tot he American public, discussing topics such as dental insurance, HMOs, managed care, public programs, the pros and cons of private fee-for-service, and more.<li>Covers the methods used to measure oral disease, including the most comprehensive assessment of the pros and cons of dental indexes currently available.</li>Reviews the distribution of oral disease at a level of detail that no other text has.<li>Provides state of the art coverage of the use of mercury amalgams in dentistry.</li>

Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community

Medical Books

Burt BDS MPH PhD, Brian A.

Eklund DDS MHSA DrPH, Steven A.

Dentistry

Saunders

Thorough explanations of how to read dental literature help readers understand how to draw their own conclusions from the latest studies.Coverage presents a number of complex problems facing practitioners today regarding access to dental care, and discusses how to solve them by working with public authorities and insurers.Comprehensive coverage of oral disease distribution helps readers to understand trends and risks they will encounter in the field.Material on prevention and control of oral diseases provides important information that all dental practitioners should have.Research designs used in oral epidemology assess the pros and cons of dental indexes available, allowing readers to gain an understanding of the complexities of disease measurement and research.Detailed content on providing dental care to the American public presents a unique opportunity to learn the system of dental care delivery.State-of-the-art coverage of mercury issues offer a balanced view of issues like toxicity, potential hazards, review of evidence, and politics.Ethical guidelines provide a discussion of how ethical principles have evolved over time and the precipitating events that pushed ethical practice into the forefront of health care.Information on the development of dental professions gives readers insight into how these professions originated and their current state.· Content addresses evidence-based dentistry, and how it can and should become part of the everyday clinical life of the practitioner, since staying current is vital to providing excellent patient care.· Discussions of infection control procedures and the impact of HIV and Hepatitis B incorporate new, updated guidelines in dental health care settings released in 2003.

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