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Name the three dentist responsibilities.
- Diagnosing Oral Diseases
- Promoting Oral Health and Disease Prevention
- Creating Treatment Plans to Maintain or Restore the Oral Health of Patients
The oral cavity may serve as:
- A source of inflammation or infection that affects overall health.
- The first place that symptoms of systemic diseases manifest.
- A convenient location in which ro perform diagnostic testing.
What is the medical term for gums?
Gingival tissues
Describe the bidirectional relationship between oral health and systemic health.
Oral cavity is a fundamental unit of the whole and is a window to overall health.
Enumerate the five fields that need to be brought together for patient’s health.
The circle of collaboration between physicians and among physicians, between dentists and among dentists, and between physicians and dentists that have the patient’s health as their primary goal in mind:
1. Medical Primary Care
2. Dental Primary Care
3. Medical Specialty Care
4. Dental Specialty Care
5. Preventive Care
What character traits are required for the study of dentistry?
Dentistry is a wonderful yet demanding profession, its study requires professionalism, concern and sensitivity to other’s needs and feelings, emotional self-control in difficult situations, and the ability to accept criticism with grace and open mind.
Name the nine subfields of dentistry recognized by the ADA (American Dental Association).
- Public Health
- Endodontics—study of soft tissue inside teeth, called pulp.
- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
- Radiology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics
- Pediatrics—provides both primary and comprehensive preventive treatment, and therapeutic oral health for infants, children, and adolescents.
- Periodontics—concerned with the structures surrounding and supporting the teeth.
- Prosthodontics—focuses on restoring or replacing missing or damaged teeth.
What are the two diseases that play a major role in Dental Public Health?
- Caries (tooth decay)
- Periodontal Diseases (gum diseases)
What are the two popular terms that describe tooth decay?
Cavity or Caries
What is tooth decay?
Destruction of the tooth caused by certain oral bacteria.
Where does caries manifest?
Might be limited to crown, root, or the entire structure.
What is the consequence of unaddressed caries?
Systemic complications.
What are periodontal diseases?
Conditions that effect the supporting structure of the teeth; namely the gums, the periodontal ligament, and the bone.
Are Caries and Periodontal diseases easy to diagnose?
None are visible to the naked eye.
How do Caries and Periodontal Diseases differ as public health issues.
Both effect disadvantaged groups disproportionately but periodontal diseases are more prevalent in higher age whereas dental caries is the world’s most prevalent noncommunicable disease, disproportionately affecting children from low-income rural areas.
What’s a complete definition of Dental Public Health?
The science and art of preventing and controlling oral disease, and promoting oral health through organized community efforts.
What are the three core competencies of Dental Public Health?
Assessment, Policy Development, Assurance.
What is the population health equivalent of examination and diagnosis in individual care?
Asses community needs through epidemiologic studies and surveys.
What is the population health equivalent of developing treatment plan and providing clinical care in individual care?
Develop and implement oral health policies, educational, and clinical programs in order best meet community needs.
What is the population health equivalent of evaluating the success of treatment and determining recall intervals in individual care?
Assess the effectiveness of community programs to monitor community interventions.
What does the CDC stand for?
Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
What are some non-financial barriers to equitable oral care?
dental fear, limited geographic access to a dentist, maldistribution of dentists and the dental workforce, lack of transportation and language barriers.
What are examples of modern diagnostic tools in dentisrty?
- Digital X-Rays, 3-Dimensional Imaging, …
- Caries detection systems that detect the fluorescent light emitted by decay by translating it into an audible signal.
- Computer Assisted Design and Computer Assisted Manufacture CAD/CAM)
- Tools that detect soft tissue lesions disorder: Digident, VELScope, Virilte
What does STA stand for?
Single Touch Anesthesia
