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1. Dental Public Health
Programs

2. Introduction
Dental Public Health -
Defined as – “The science and art of preventing and
controlling dental disease and promoting dental health
through organized community efforts”.
In public health dentistry the individual patient is not the
sole object of the study, the entire community is in focus.
This includes not only the sufferers from the disease, but
also those persons who are left disabled during the
course of disease.

3. Dental Public Health Programs
1) School Dental Health Programs
Steps
Acc to Dunning –
School community organization
 case finding – surveying of dental needs & service
Health education
Specific preventive measures – topical F
Referral of defects & follow through
Periodic evaluation of the program

4. Types of dental examination
Type 1 :Complete dental examination with all aids
Type 2 :Limited examination
Type 3 : inspection : mouth mirror + explorer +
adequate illumination
Type 4 : screening – tongue depressor+ adequate
illumination

5. School based preventive program
School based F program –
School water F
F mouth rinsing program
F tablet administration program
F mouth rinse + F tablet
Tooth brushing program
P & F sealant program
P & F sealants + F mouth rinsing

6. Community Oral Health Outreach Programs

7. Community Health Education Programs

8. Planning of Dental Health Services
According to WHO there are six main stages of
planning of dental health services they are –
1)Situation analysis
2)Problem identification and formulation of
objectives
3)Formulation and analysis of alternative strategies
4)Identification of special efforts
5)Strategy selection
6)Program formulation.

9. Information needed for planning
1) Socio demographic data like age, ethnicity, social class.
2)Disease levels like severity of disease, disease
distribution, epidemiological data etc.
3)Existing services provision - availability of services,
treatment facilities available, cost of care, access to
services.
4)Public concerns like population priorities, views and
demands on health services.