Dental Public Health

What is the definition of dental public health according to Winslow?

• Prevention of disease, prolonging life, and promoting health

• The delivery of clinical services

• Treatment of oral diseases only

• Providing cosmetic dental care

Which of the following is NOT considered a tool of dental public health?

• Epidemiology

• Biostatistics

• Private dental practice

• Health education

According to Smillie's criteria for epidemiologists, which is a key requirement?

• Provision of clinical care

• Understanding of disease prevention and control

• Administrative skills

• Financial expertise

Which is a duty of a public health dentist?

• Diagnose and treat individual patients

• Provide only cosmetic dentistry

• Design programs to prevent dental diseases in populations

• Run a private dental clinic

Which of the following best describes a private dental practitioner?

• Works primarily in a community setting

• Focuses on individual patient care

• Provides education to populations

• Conducts epidemiological research

One difference between public health dentistry and private practice is that public health dentistry focuses on:

• Individual treatment

• Large populations and prevention

• Cosmetic procedures

• High-cost services

Which tool of dental public health involves the collection and analysis of health-related data?

• Epidemiology

• Clinical dentistry

• Cosmetic dentistry

• Biostatistics

Which of the following is a fundamental duty of a public health dentist?

• Provide orthodontic treatment

• Perform dental surgeries

• Design dental appliances

• Conduct epidemiological research on dental diseases

Which is true about the Smillie's epidemiologist criteria?

• Emphasis is on treating individual cases

• Focus is on population-level disease prevention

• Based primarily on private practice models

• Does not include statistical analysis

In which scenario would the duties of a public health dentist be most relevant?

• Providing individual dental treatments in a clinic

• Manufacturing dental equipment

• Screening children in schools for oral health problems

• Teaching dental surgery