Public Health

Question 1

Being free from disease or pain

Answer 1

Health

Question 2

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Answer 2

Health by WHO

Question 3

the quality of life involving social, mental, biological fitness on the part of the individual which results from adaptation and responses of the individual to his environment

Answer 3

Health by Dubos

Question 4

A localized grouping of people

●Consist basically of relationship between people

Answer 4

Community

Question 5

pertaining to the people of a community, state or a nation.

Answer 5

Public by Knutson

Question 6

Is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort

Answer 6

Public health

Question 7

Things needed to be promoted in a public health program

Answer 7

-Sanitation of the environment
-Control of communicable infection
-Education of the individual in personal hygiene
-Planning/ organizing health programs
(the main bulk of public health)

Question 8

organizing these benefits as to enable every citizen to realize his birthright of health and longevity

Answer 8

Winslow

Question 9

dedicated to the common attainment of the highest level of physical, mental and social well-being and longevity consistent with available knowledge and resource at a given time and place.

Answer 9

Public health

Question 10

Basic public health activities

Answer 10

1. Activities conducted on a community basis
2. Activities designed for prevention of illness, disability or premature death
3. Activities related to the provision of comprehensive health care
4. Activities concerned with collection and preservation and analysis of vital record.

Question 11

Form of dentistry which serves the community as a patient rather than the individual by preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community effort

Answer 11

Community dentistry

Question 12

Scooe of dental public health

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●Education of the public for dental / oral health
●Prevention and control of diseases and conditions on a community wide basis
●Dental research
●Training

Question 13

Components of dental health program

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●Preventive care
●Promotive services
●Curative care
●Research --- proposal / evaluation
●Health education
●Staff development

Question 14

Scooe of care

Answer 14

●Nutrition education
●Dietary control
●Oral hygeine
●Early diagnosis and prompt treatment
●Preventive care

Question 15

Health activities were related to elimination and control of diseases that grew out of rapid industrialization and crowded and poor living conditions.

Answer 15

First phase 1849-1900

Question 16

Immunization programs were an outgrowth of this phase

Answer 16

Second phase 1880-1930

Question 17

Allowed a further shift to treatment of disease through increasingly complex medical treatments

Answer 17

Third phase 1930-1975

Question 18

Functions and activities of public health dentist

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• Program Administration
• Preventive, Diagnostic and Corrective Services
• Program Promotion and Consultative Services
• Public Health Training and Teaching
• Dental Health Education and Information
• Research and Study Projects

Question 19

Cooperation in Dental Health Matters with other units within the health agency and with official and voluntary agencies outside the health department

Answer 19

Program administration

Question 20

Promotion of water fluoridation, or defluoridation in areas with excessive natural fluorides

Answer 20

Preventive, diagnostic, corrective services

Question 21

Provision of adequate consultation to local dental programs conducted by local health departments, welfare departments, boards education or voluntary organization

Answer 21

Program promotion and consultative services

Question 22

Provision of in-service training for state and local health department staffs

Answer 22

Public health training and teaching

Question 23

Utilization of newspaper, radio and television to increase understanding about dental health

Answer 23

Debtal health education and information

Question 24

Conducting surveys to establish the nature and extent of dental disease

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Research and study projects

Question 25

Common dental disease

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1. dental caries

2. periodontal disease

Question 26

Important consideration of de tal disease

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●They are of universal prevalence
●They do not undergo remission or termination if left untreated but accumulate a backlog of unmet needs
●They usually require technically demanding, expensive and time consuming professional treatment.

Question 27

Other expertise aside from oral health

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●Planning
●Implementation
●Operation
●Evaluation of dental public health program
●Policy processes
●Regulation

Question 28

Objectives and targets

Answer 28

1.The prevalence of dental caries is reduce (Annual Target : 5% reduction of the prevalence rate every year)
2.The prevalence of periodontal disease is reduced (Annual Targets : 5% reduction of the prevalence rate every year)
3.Dental caries experience is reduced
(Annual Target : 5% reduction of the mean dmft/DMFT for 5/6 years old and 12 years old children every year)
4.The proportion of Orally Fit Children (OFC) 12-71 months old is increased (Annual Targets : Increased by 20% yearly)