, Dental Public Health is “the science and
art of preventing and controlling
dental diseases and promoting dental
health through organized community
efforts”.
It is that form of dental practice which
serves the community as a patient rather
than the individual. It is concerned with
the dental education of the public with
applied dental research and with the
administration of group dental care
programme as well as the prevention and
control of dental disease on a community
basis”. (Winslow)
,
art of preventing and controlling
dental diseases and promoting dental
health through organized community
efforts”.
It is that form of dental practice which
serves the community as a patient rather
than the individual. It is concerned with
the dental education of the public with
applied dental research and with the
administration of group dental care
programme as well as the prevention and
control of dental disease on a community
basis”. (Winslow)
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