Dental Public Health

Dental Public Health
Term	Dental Public Health
Short definition	The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts.  It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual.  It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.
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Language	English
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Dental Public Health (definition) - The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts.  It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual.  It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.

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