COMM DENT 2 - Introduction

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1. A group of people/inhabitants What is Community? 5. Dental caries What are the universal
living in a certain Periodontal disease diseases?
territory with their own boundaries,
6. • A state of physical, mental, What is health?
rule &
social well being and
regulations sharing common goals
not merely the absence of
and
disease or infirmity
aspirations interacting with each
other. 7. Desirable dental health State of normality and
functional efficiency of the
2. • People must have professional Factors involved in a
oral cavity in relation to
competence community
mastication and
• Strong leadership & involvement
maxillofacial complexities
in community
efforts 8. Community health Science and art of preventing
• Unity diseases,
prolonging life and
3. A science offering services which What is Public Health
promoting physical health
are preventive, Strategy?
and
educated in nature - You have to
efficiency through organized
educate to prevent.
community efforts

form of practice 9. o Sanitation of the Reasons behind community

which serves the community as a environment health
patient rather o Control of community
than an individual - Everyone must diseases
be treated o Education of the individual
in personal
promoting dental health and hygiene
efficiency through organized o Organization of medical,
community efforts - Must be seen dental, and
at all times nursing services for the early
diagnosis
4. 1. Offering your services at the What are the
and prevention of a particular
least cost (or free) importance of
disease
community dentistry?
o Development of a social
2. Reduce the magnitude of a
machinery to
disease
ensure every individual an
adequate
3. Poor distribution of manpower
standard of health
a. Community dentistry is to meet
the
demands of the growing population

b. Services in the depressed areas

4. Application of the learned

principles in
therapeutic management
a. To prevent spread of dental
diseases
(e.g. operation smile)

5. To know the status of the

community in terms
of dental diseases