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Enhancing the Dental Public Health Workforce & Infrastructure

Explore the science and art of preventing dental diseases and promoting oral health through community efforts. Develop strategies to recruit and retain a diverse dental public health workforce. Address workforce shortages and disparities in oral health.

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Enhancing the Dental Public Health Workforce & Infrastructure

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  1. Enhancing the Dental Public Health Workforce & Infrastructure Kneka Smith, RDH, BS February 26-27, 2004 Washington, D.C.

  2. Dental Public Health • Is the science & art of preventing & controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts

  3. It is that form of dental practice which serves a communityas the patient rather than the individual.

  4. “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

  5. DPH Concerns • Dental health education of the public • Applied dental research • Administration of programs • Prevention & control of dental diseases on a community basis

  6. 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

  7. ‘Welfare’ dentistry ‘Medicaid’ dentistry ‘Socialized’ dentistry Conducting surveys Fluoridation OSHA regulations Infection control Quality assurance Financial support for dental education Expanded functions for dental auxiliaries Provider of last resort DPH is not just…

  8. Community Dentistry isn’t DPH DPH isn’t Community Dentistry • Community Dentistry Focus: clinical oral health care for individual patients • Dental Public Health: oral health of groups of people

  9. Dental Public Health Is… Concern for and activity directed toward the improvement & protection of the oral health for whole population.

  10. Goal of Workshop

  11. Objectives • Brainstorm collaborative approaches to address DPH workforce shortage • Develop a draft national action plan • Establish core group to facilitate follow-up on action plan

  12. Short-term Outcome • Gain commitment from a variety of national organizations & agencies to implement an action plan to enhance the DPH workforce & infrastructure

  13. 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

  14. Shared Goal

  15. Issues to Consider: • Career Opportunity in DPH • ‘Pipeline’ of DPH professionals • Support of people in DPH positions • Enhance skills in leading to improve the nation’s oral health

  16. Introductions Name Organization You Represent Where You Work

  17. Capacity • Ability to perform or produce; capability. • The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced Alternative: • The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment: the capacity of elastic to be stretched.

  18. Infrastructure • n 1: the basic framework or features of a system or organization

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