DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH Flashcards
In what year the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health with a phrase that modern authorities still apply. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity.”
1948
CONCEPTS OF HEALTH
Ecological Concept
Biomedical Concept
Psychosocial Concept
Holistic Concept
Is our relationship with the environment.
Ecological concept
Technicalities of health that pertains
to the “Germ Theory” postulated by Robert Koch also called “Koch Postulate” all disease
arises from an etiology particularly microorganisms.
Biomedical Concept
Means you have to have a good state of mind to interact with other people. You need to relate your instincts to interactions to influence other people and let other people influence you.
Psychosocial Concept
Is totality of everything that help to sustain the balance, helps to involve
the environment, involves interaction, and how instincts interacts and not just the
absence of the disease or infirmity
Holistic Concept
In what year the WHO made further clarifications: ”A resource for everyday
life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing
social and personal resourced, as well as physical capacities.”
1986
Considered to be both Governmental and Non Governmental. “QUASI” is a term in politics/law and usually used when we talked about to a certain topic that can be both
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD HEALTH DAY
APRIL 7
Is the primary resource that’s why “health is wealth” but it’s not objective of living.
Health
A collection of people, a population, or a group of people having something in common.
COMMUNITY
Is a branch of Dentistry which deals with preventing disease, prolonging
life and promoting physical and mental efficiency through organized
community efforts for the sanitation of the environment
COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
Who defined public health as : “The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental health and efficiency through organized
community efforts”
Charles-Edward A. Winslow
MAIN FUNCTION
Treatment of Indigents
Conducting oral health surveys
Public oral health education
KEY ACTIVITIES:
Health Education
Health Promotions
Health Program
We can evaluate the success or the failure rate of our program. We can gather
data.
Surveys
Is a collection of promotive time series of events that materializes the budget.
we call funds as monetary plan.
Program
SWOT means
Strength, Weakness, Opportunity Threat
Is part of the science of prevention we call Public health.
Dental Public Health
Defined as the science and art of preventing and controlling dental disease and promoting dental through organized community efforts.
The American Board of Dental Public Health
There are only 2 diseases considered to be eradicated
SMALL POX and RINDER PEST
White lesion that has the importance in public health
KOPLIK’S SPOT
Is a branch of Dentistry which deals with preventing disease, prolonging
life and promoting physical and mental efficiency through organized
community efforts for the sanitation of the environment
COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
People who are interested in careers and leadership roles in dental public health should be knowledgeable in both oral health practice and dental public health.
DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
