Public Health Dentistry

Terms Health—state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being where basic human needs are met. not merely the absence of disease or infirmity; free from disease or pain Public health — science and art of preventing disease. prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts 1. Public health is concerned with the aggregate health of a group, a community, a state, a nation. or a gr…

When testing a null hypothesis, two types of errors can occur: Type I Error (False Positive): Definition: This error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true. In other words, the researcher concludes that there is an effect or difference when none exists. Consequences in Dentistry: For example, a study might conclude that a new dental treatment is effective when it is not, leading to the adoption of an …

Case-Control Study and Cohort Study are two types of epidemiological studies commonly used in dental research to identify potential risk factors and understand the causality of diseases or conditions. 1. Case-Control Study: A case-control study is a retrospective analytical study design in which researchers start with a group of patients who already have the condition of interest (the cases) and a group of patients without the condition (the controls…

1. Disease is multifactorial in nature; difficult to identify one particular cause  a. Host factors (1) Immunity to disease/natural resistance (2) Heredity (3) Age, gender, race (4) Physical or morphologic factors b. Agent factors (1) Biologic—microbiologic (2) Chemical—poisons, dosage levels (3) Physical—environmental exposure c. Environment factors (1) Physical—geography and climate (2) Biologic&mdas…

EPIDEMIOLOGY Epidemiology is the study of the Distribution and determinants of disease frequency in Humans. Epidemiology— study of health and disease in human populations and how these states are influenced by the environment and ways of living; concerned with factors and conditions that determine the occurrence and distribution of health. disease, defects. disability and deaths among individuals Epidemiology, in conjunction with the statistical and r…