Introduction to Dental Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. discuss the discipline of dental public health, its definitions, principles and aims; 2. explain the importance of the fields of epidemiology and biostatistics to dental public health; and 3. provide basic data on health states important to dentistry.

Introduction to public health and community dentistry. Introductory epidemiology. Basic statistics. Epidemiology of dental caries. Periodontal disease and oral cancer including measurement of oral diseases and sampling techniques.