Intro To Dental Public Health Flashcards
What are the major health concerns today? (5 points)
- General and oral health
- Antibiotic resistance
- Dental caries
- NCD’s - non-communicable diseases
What is priority 1 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we live in vibrant, healthy and safe places and communities
What is priority 2 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we flourish in our early years
What is priority 3 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we have good mental wellbeing
What is priority 4 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we reduce the use of and harm from alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
What is priority 5 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we have a sustainable, inclusive economy with equality of outcomes for all
What is priority 6 of the public health priorities of Scotland?
- A Scotland where we eat well, have a healthy weight and are physically active
It is estimated that oral diseases affect at least how many people worldwide?
3.58 billion
What is considered the most prevalent oral disease?
Caries of the permanent teeth
Globally, it is estimated that how many people suffer from caries of the permanent teeth and how many children suffer from caries of the primary teeth?
- 2.4 billion (permanent teeth)
- 486 million (primary teeth)
What types of services are required to tackle the problems of poor oral health? (3 points)
- Treatment
- Screening/anticipatory care
- Prevention: social/environmental
have primary, secondary and tertiary care:
- Primary: GP’s, GDP’s
- Secondary: Hospitals
- Tertiary: Highly specialised units e.g. cleft palates
What is the ‘inverse care law’?
- Principles that communities or individuals with the highest need have the least access
What is meant by the fact that deprived groups often receive inappropriate services?
- There are relatively high rates of emergency care and low rates of scheduled care (episodic/disjointed)
- Don’t have primary care that well located in many communities so they just go to A&E instead which costs more money
In national reports: Recommendation of the future, they suggest reorienting services. What does this mean?
- Primary care system to be focused on prevention of ill health and detection & management of problems at an early stage
- Preventive, anticipatory care where possible rather than only reactive management
What is the definition of anticipatory care?
- Planned intervention to achieve early diagnosis and/or treatment of a condition which may not yet be producing symptoms or recognised as producing symptoms
- Can take many forms. Helps reduce avoidable unscheduled acute admissions for people with ore-existing conditions
- ‘care with an eye to the future’