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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Effects of malocclusion and its treatment on the quality of life of adolescents.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: The relationship between malocclusion and quality of life (QoL) is complex and not well understood. The objective of this study was to determine whether malocclusion and its treatment influence an adolescent's general and oral ... Read more...

Innovations to improve oral health care access.

29 Jun 2009 Improving access to oral health care requires an understanding of the social, cultural, political, financial, and manpower factors that influence access. Armed with this knowledge, individuals and organizations desiring to improve access can ... Read more...

Undergraduate teaching in gerodontology in Leipzig and Zürich--a comparison of different approaches.

20 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate undergraduate students' attitude towards the clinical components of the Leipzig (LPEG) and Zürich (ZPEG) Programmes of Education in Gerodontology. BACKGROUND: Undergraduate student education is the seedbed for conscientious ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Community Dentistry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Effects of malocclusion and its treatment on the quality of life of adolescents. 30 Aug 2009
• Community-based clinical teaching. 20 Aug 2009
• Coming to California? 30 Jul 2009
• Innovations to improve oral health care access. 29 Jun 2009
• Undergraduate teaching in gerodontology in Leipzig and Zürich--a comparison of different approaches. 20 Jun 2009
• Orthodontic retention patterns in the United Kingdom. 30 May 2009
• Giving back to the community: a student's perspective. 30 May 2009
• The integration of social work into a postgraduate dental training program: a fifteen-year perspective. 30 May 2009
• Day by day. 29 Apr 2009
• A valuable assessment tool: the ASTDD's BSS. 29 Apr 2009
• Access to care: whose responsibility is it? 29 Apr 2009
• Resin-based composites and dentine-bonding agents. Which, who and why? A study in the East of Scotland. 30 Mar 2009
• Service-learning in dental education: meeting needs and challenges. 30 Mar 2009
• Dental students' attitudes toward the care of individuals with intellectual disabilities: relationship between instruction and experience. 30 Mar 2009
• Mifflin-Juniata's caring hands make a difference. 27 Feb 2009
• Dental general anaesthesia--will the service disappear? A pilot study. 27 Feb 2009
• The Dental Pipeline program's impact on access disparities and student diversity. 27 Feb 2009
• Continuing dental education in radiation protection: monitoring the outcomes. 27 Feb 2009
• Impact of community-based oral health experiences on dental students' attitudes towards caring for the underserved. 27 Feb 2009
• Thinking critically. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Community Dentistry'

Definition: The practice of dentistry concerned with preventive as well as diagnostic and treatment programs in a circumscribed population.

Descriptor UI: D003149

Alternative terms: Community Dentistry; Dentistry, Community;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.163.876.770.357;

Online Note: search PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY 1971-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY 1975-90

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: COMMUNITY DENT