Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community

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.

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.

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.

Covers the methods used to measure oral disease, including the most comprehensive assessment of the pros and cons of dental indexes currently available.

Reviews the distribution of oral disease at a level of detail that no other text has.

Provides state of the art coverage of the use of mercury amalgams in dentistry.