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8: Health Promotion and Health Communication

WEBHealth Promotion. The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of …

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11: ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

WEBWHAT IS ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION? Oral health education for the community is a process that informs, motivates, and helps persons to adopt and …

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16: Strategies for Oral Health Promotion and Disease …

WEB3. Self-interest—the client recognizes the problem and indicates a tentative inclination toward action. 4. Involvement—the …

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20: Community Oral Health Planning and Practice

WEBA Health—community health practice requires a broad view of health: “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being …

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Planning and Evaluating Community Oral Health …

WEBThe Health Education Training Centers (HETC) program was created in 1989 to provide programs for specific populations with persistent, severe, and unmet health needs. The AHEC and HETC …

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1: DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH: AN OVERVIEW

WEBMission of Public Health “Public health is a coalition of professions united by their shared mission,” states the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of …

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10: EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY PREVENTION PROGRAMS …

WEB2. a plan or procedure for dealing with some matter. In essence, an “effective community prevention program” is a planned procedure that prevents the onset of a disease among a group of …

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Introduction to Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis: Patient Evaluation

WEBOral medicine, as defined by the American Academy of Oral Medicine, is “the specialty of dentistry responsible for the oral health care of medically complex …

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Procedures and Arrangements for the Prevention of …

WEBBox 7.2 Core dental health messages. Sugar‐containing foods and drinks should be limited to mealtimes and on no more than four occasions in the day. Brush the teeth effectively twice per day, …

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Systemic Diseases and Oral Health Pocket Dentistry

WEBMental health. People with diabetes have twice the risk of depression. Depression is also associated with a 60% increase of developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes management is further …

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12: PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY DENTAL PROGRAMS Pocket …

WEBThis chapter describes various types of health planning but concentrates specifically on the program-planning process. This process of program planning uses a …

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3: Patient Assessment, Examination and Diagnosis, and Treatment

WEBR. Scott Eidson and Daniel A. Shugars. This chapter provides an overview of the process through which a clinician completes patient assessment, clinical …

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The Geriatric Syndrome and Oral Health Pocket Dentistry

WEBXerostomia (dry mouth) is a major oral health complaint in the elderly. It can be either subjective, based on patient perception with or without diminished salivary …

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4: The Practice of Dental Public Health Pocket Dentistry

WEBThese three domains have become the foundation for evaluating many aspects of the public health mission. The 1988 IOM report concentrated primarily on the …

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13: Improving oral health through community-based interventions

WEBCommunity-based systems of care are delivery mechanisms that take place within the context of the services and settings just described. There are a number of …

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6: Gingival Diseases Pocket Dentistry

WEBTo review, in health, the gingival epithelium is usually described as pink or coral pink, with significant variation based on the presence of melanin in the tissue, …

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10: Sugars in the Diet Pocket Dentistry

WEBThe UK Health Education Authority (later subsumed into NICE) set out the Panel’s findings in a booklet called Sugars in the Diet [2]. COMA classification of sugars …

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7: Managing Immunocompromised Patients Pocket Dentistry

WEBImmunocompromised describes patients with a medical condition where their immune function is inherently poor, suppressed artificially or depressed due to illness …

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35: Lymphatics and Spread of Dental Infection Pocket Dentistry

WEBThe lymphatic system is a part of the overall lymphoid system of the body and a component of the immune system of the body. It is an accumulation of tiny channels or …

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17 Health and safety at work Pocket Dentistry

WEBThe Health and Safety at Work Act encompasses: The provision and maintenance of safe equipment, appliances and systems of work. Safe handling and …

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1: Health and Safety, Occupational Hazards and Infection Control …

WEBHealth and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applies to all workplace premises, including dental surgeries. It makes it clear …

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