Public Health Dentistry
Public Health Dentistry is one of the nine specialties of Dentistry. It is a modern concept of human development in science, although it has its roots in antiquity. Dental public health is involved in the assessment of dental health needs and improving the dental health of populations rather than individuals and is concerned primarily with the prevention of oral disease
The museum consists of charts, posters, pamphlets, video clips, and models. It provides the public with access to information about oral health. The tobacco cessation clinic consists of faculty for counseling on smoking cessation.
- To elaborate on the socio-economic-cultural diagnosis of the community & to participate in the epidemiological surveillance system.
- Management of the prevention, promotion, and treatment of all oral conditions at the individual and community level.
- To conduct research and contribute to the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
- To adopt ethical principles in all aspects of community oral health activities, to take up initiative in advocacy issues for health policy and using media effectively.
