Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental health education
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Burden of Oral Disease in Wisconsin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental health education
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Teeth
Author: Mary OttoPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620972816
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
An NPR Best Book of 2017 "[Teeth is] . . . more than an exploration of a two-tiered system—it is a call for sweeping, radical change." —New York Times Book Review "Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health. Otto's subjects include the pioneering dentist who made Shirley Temple and Judy Garland's teeth sparkle on the silver screen and helped create the all-American image of "pearly whites"; Deamonte Driver, the young Maryland boy whose tragic death from an abscessed tooth sparked congressional hearings; and a marketing guru who offers advice to dentists on how to push new and expensive treatments and how to keep Medicaid patients at bay. In one of its most disturbing findings, Teeth reveals that toothaches are not an occasional inconvenience, but rather a chronic reality for millions of people, including disproportionate numbers of the elderly and people of color. Many people, Otto reveals, resort to prayer to counteract the uniquely devastating effects of dental pain. Otto also goes back in time to understand the roots of our predicament in the history of dentistry, showing how it became separated from mainstream medicine, despite a century of growing evidence that oral health and general bodily health are closely related. Muckraking and paradigm-shifting, Teeth exposes for the first time the extent and meaning of our oral health crisis. It joins the small shelf of books that change the way we view society and ourselves—and will spark an urgent conversation about why our teeth matter.
Concepts in Dental Public Health
Author: Jill MasonPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 1284218309
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Written specifically for dental hygienists, this comprehensive textbook covers concepts, issues, techniques, and methods related to dental public health. It focuses on the assessment of factors that affect oral health of populations and the development of policy in response to a population's needs. It also provides information regarding the active promotion of oral health maintenance. This text is unique in that it applies the Dental Hygiene Process of Care - a globally accepted, foundational concept in clinical care for dental hygienists - to the subject of dental public health, lending it greater relevance and familiarity to dental hygiene students. In addition, the text is based on the American Association of Dental Educators' Competencies for Dental Hygienists. A chapter on National Board Preparation, including Board-style review questions, prepares students for the national exam. Review questions and learning activities are also incorporated into each chapter.
108-1 Hearings: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations For 2004, Part 3, March 27, 2003, *
Author: Oral Medicine in Dermatology, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics
Author: Eric T StooplerPublisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0323754813
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This issue of Dermatologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Eric T. Stoopler and Thomas P. Sollecito, will cover a number of important topics related to Oral Medicine in Dermatology. This issue is one of four each year selected by longtime series Consulting Editor, Dr. Bruce Thiers. Topics discussion include, but are not limited to: Common dental and periodontal diseases; Oral biopsy techniques; Oral granulomatous diseases; Acute and chronic oral lesions; Hypersensitivity reactions; Burning Mouth Syndrome; Oral manifestations of systemic diseases; Oral premalignant disorders and oral cancer; Adverse drug reactions in the oral cavity; and Dental considerations for patients with oral mucosal diseases, among others.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2004
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1868
Book Description
Oral Health for Mothers and Children in Region V
Author: Oral Health
Author: Integrating Oral and Systemic Health: Innovations in Transdisciplinary Science, Health Care and Policy
Author: Martha J. SomermanPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889719561
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
“This Research Topic has been hosted in collaboration with the Santa Fe Group Salon 2021. The Topic Editors Judi Haber and Ira Lamster declare that they are affiliated with the Santa Fe Group (SFG). The remaining Topic Editors partnered with Frontiers and the SFG in launching this Research Topic, which coincided with the SFG’s Continuum on Oral Health Integration, 2021 https://santafegroup.org/events/.”
Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309209463
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentist each year. Poor and minority children are less likely to have access to oral health care than are their nonpoor and nonminority peers. Older adults, people who live in rural areas, and disabled individuals, uniformly confront access barriers, regardless of their financial resources. The consequences of these disparities in access to oral health care can lead to a number of conditions including malnutrition, childhood speech problems, infections, diabetes, heart disease, and premature births. Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations examines the scope and consequences of inadequate access to oral health services in the United States and recommends ways to combat the economic, structural, geographic, and cultural factors that prevent access to regular, quality care. The report suggests changing funding and reimbursement for dental care; expanding the oral health work force by training doctors, nurses, and other nondental professionals to recognize risk for oral diseases; and revamping regulatory, educational, and administrative practices. It also recommends changes to incorporate oral health care into overall health care. These recommendations support the creation of a diverse workforce that is competent, compensated, and authorized to serve vulnerable and underserved populations across the life cycle. The recommendations provided in Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations will help direct the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies; policy makers; health professionals in all fields; private and public health organizations; licensing and accreditation bodies; educational institutions; health care researchers; and philanthropic and advocacy organizations.