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Dental Public Health
- Chair: Daniel L. Jones
- Program Director: Jay D. Shulman
Program Objectives
The program objectives are to provide residents with the opportunity to plan develop and complete a program that satisfies the criteria established by the American Board of Dental Public Health. This program revolves around the ten core competencies of dental public health:
- Planning oral health programs for populations
- Selecting interventions and strategies for the prevention of oral diseases and promotion of oral health
- Implementation and management of oral health programs for populations
- Incorporation of ethical standards with cultural and social sensitivity in oral health programs
- Evaluation and monitoring of oral health programs for population dental care delivery systems
- Design and use of surveillance systems to monitor oral health
- Communication and collaboration with groups and individuals on oral health issues
- Advocacy for, implementation and evaluation of public health policy, legislation and regulations to protect and promote the public’s oral health
- Critique and synthesis of scientific literature
- Design and conducting of population-based studies to answer oral and public health questions
- Expose residents to experiences that allow the application of the theory and principles of public health practice to actual situations which develop in a community.
- Ensure that residents acquire experience with a variety of programs and methods utilized in dental public health.
- Upon completion of the program, residents should be able to demonstrate competency in the skills and knowledge that are essential for dentists who practice public health as their specialty.
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