Dental Public Health at a Glance

The Author Ivor G. Chestnutt, BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH)RCSEd, FDS RCSEng, FDS RCPSGlas, FFPH, DDPH RCS ENG FHEA is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health at the School of Dentistry, Cardiff University in the UK. Ivor is also registered as a Specialist in Dental Public Health with the General Dental Council.

• Preface from the First Edition viiPreface to the Second Edition viiiPart 1 Introduction 11 What is dental public health? 22 Health, oral health and their determinants 4Part 2 Epidemiology 73 Basic epidemiology 84 Principles of measuring and recording oral disease and oral health 105 Epidemiology of dental caries 126 Epidemiology of periodontal disease 147 Epidemiology of oral and oropharyngeal cancer 168 Epidemiology of malocclusion, non- carious tooth surface loss and traumatic dental injuries 189 National trends in oral health 2010 International oral health 22Part 3 Evidence Based Dentistry 2511 Study design 2612 Case reports and cross- sectional studies 2813 Case- control studies 3014 Cohort studies 3215 Randomised controlled trials 3416 Randomised controlled trials II: Split mouth and cross- over studies 3617 Systematic reviews and meta- analysis 3818 Evidence- based dentistry and clinical guidelines 40Part 4 Oral Health Promotion 4319 Inequalities in oral health 4420 Oral health education, oral health promotion and oral health improvement 4621 Considerations in promoting oral health 4822 Behaviour change I 5023 Behaviour change II 5224 Strategies for improving oral health in populations 54Part 5 Fluoride and Oral Health 5725 Strategies for the delivery of fluoride in the prevention of dental caries 5826 Toothpaste 6027 Water fluoridation 6228 Community fluoride schemes and fissure-sealant programmes 64Part 6 Diet and Oral Health 6729 Diet and oral health 6830 Public health aspects of dietary modification 70Part 7 Tobacco and Oral Health 7331 Tobacco and oral health 7432 Alternative ways in which tobacco is used and tobacco control 7633 Smoking cessation 78Part 8 Alcohol and Oral Health 8134 Alcohol and oral health 82Part 9 Assessing Health Needs 8535 Assessing oral health needs on a population basis 8636 The oral health needs of specific population groups 8837 Screening and diagnostic tests 90Part 10 Providing Dental Services 9338 Health economics 9439 How the National Health Service is organised 9640 How dental care is organised in the United Kingdom 9841 Paying for dental care 10042 Barriers to accessing dental care 10243 Migration, race and ethnicity 10444 Skill mix in dentistry 10645 Pandemics and other threats in the context of providing dental services 10846 The environmental agenda and dentistry 11047 The future delivery of dental care 112Part 11 Quality Assurance of Dental Care 11548 Quality dental care 11649 Clinical audit 11850 Regulatory bodies and patient complaints 120Part 12 A career in Dental Public Health 12351 A career in dental public health 12452 References and selected useful resources and further reading 125Index 127