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    This document discusses enhancing the dental public health workforce. It defines dental public health as focusing on preventing and controlling dental diseases through community-level efforts rather than treating individuals. The document outlines knowledge and skills needed in public health dentistry, such as developing oral health programs and policies. It states the goal of the workshop is to develop a national action plan to address shortages in the dental public health workforce by increasing career opportunities and the "pipeline" of professionals. The intended long-term outcomes are to build capacity and infrastructure to recruit a diverse public health dental workforce to reduce oral health disparities.

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    This document discusses enhancing the dental public health workforce. It defines dental public health as focusing on preventing and controlling dental diseases through community-level efforts rather than treating individuals. The document outlines knowledge and skills needed in public health dentistry, such as developing oral health programs and policies. It states the goal of the workshop is to develop a national action plan to address shortages in the dental public health workforce by increasing career opportunities and the "pipeline" of professionals. The intended long-term outcomes are to build capacity and infrastructure to recruit a diverse public health dental workforce to reduce oral health disparities.

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    This document discusses enhancing the dental public health workforce. It defines dental public health as focusing on preventing and controlling dental diseases through community-level efforts rather than treating individuals. The document outlines knowledge and skills needed in public health dentistry, such as developing oral health programs and policies. It states the goal of the workshop is to develop a national action plan to address shortages in the dental public health workforce by increasing career opportunities and the "pipeline" of professionals. The intended long-term outcomes are to build capacity and infrastructure to recruit a diverse public health dental workforce to reduce oral health disparities.

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    Enhancing the

    Dental Public Health


    Workforce & RDH,
    Kneka Smith, Infrastructure
    BS
    February 26-27, 2004
    Washington, D.C.
    Dental Public Health
    Is the science & art of preventing &
    controlling dental diseases and
    promoting dental health through
    organized community efforts
    Itis that form of dental practice
    which serves a community
    as the patient rather than the
    individual.
    While private dentistry fights in the
    trenches to deliver health care and
    education to individuals, public
    health dentistry surveys the battle
    field from the hill tops and tries to
    discern the needs of the community
    as a whole.
    --Bob Sare
    DPH Concerns
    Dental health education of the
    public
    Applied dental research
    Administration of programs
    Prevention & control of dental
    diseases on a community basis
    Knowledge & Skills
    Oral Health Programs for Populations
    Disease Prevention & Control Strategies
    Ethical Standards
    Dental Care Delivery Systems
    Surveillance Systems
    Communication
    PH Policy, Legislation, Regulations
    Scientific Literature
    Conduct Studies
    DPH is not just
    Welfare dentistry Quality assurance
    Medicaid dentistry Financial support for
    Socialized dentistry dental education
    Conducting surveys Expanded functions

    Fluoridation for dental auxiliaries


    Provider of last
    OSHA regulations
    resort
    Infection control
    Community Dentistry isnt DPH
    DPH isnt Community Dentistry
    Community Dentistry Focus:
    clinical oral health care for
    individual patients

    Dental Public Health: oral


    health of groups of people
    Dental Public Health Is
    Concern for and activity
    directed toward the
    improvement & protection
    of the oral health for whole population.
    Goal of
    Workshop
    Objectives
    Brainstormcollaborative approaches
    to address DPH workforce shortage

    Develop a draft national action plan

    Establishcore group to facilitate


    follow-up on action plan
    Short-term Outcome
    Gain commitment from a variety
    of national organizations &
    agencies to implement an
    action plan to enhance the DPH
    workforce & infrastructure
    Long-term Outcomes
    Increase capacity to recruit &
    retain a diverse and competent
    DPH workforce that can help to
    reduce the oral health
    disparities in underserved
    populations in the US
    Shared
    Goal
    Issues to Consider:
    Career Opportunity in DPH

    Pipeline of DPH professionals

    Support of people in DPH


    positions
    Enhance skills in leading to improve the
    nations oral health
    Introductions

    Name
    Organization
    You Represent
    Where You Work
    Capacity
    a. Ability to perform or produce;
    capability.
    b. The maximum or optimum amount that
    can be produced

    Alternative:
    1. The quality of being suitable for or
    receptive to specified treatment: the
    capacity of elastic to be stretched.
    Infrastructure
    n 1: the basic framework or features of
    a system or organization

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