Dental public health & research : contemporary practice for the dental hygienist /
Christine Nielsen Nathe.
- 4th ed.
- Boston, Mass. : Pearson, 2017.
- xvi, 352p. ill., col photos, diagrs, graphs, charts.
Includes bibliographical references.
Dental public health : an overview -- The prevention movement -- Dental care delivery in the United States -- Dental hygiene care delivery in the global community -- Financing of dental care -- Federal and state legislation affecting dental hygiene practice -- Advocacy for dental care -- Dental health education and promotion -- Lesson plan development -- Target populations -- Cultural competency -- Program planning -- Program evaluation -- Research in dental hygiene -- Ethical principles in research -- The research process -- Biostatistics -- Oral epidemiology -- Current oral epidemiological findings -- Evaluation of scientific literature and dental products -- Careers in dental public health -- Strategies for creating dental hygiene positions in dental public health settings -- Dental public health review.
978134255460 (pbk.)
Dental care--United States. Dental hygienists--United States. Delivery of health care--United States.