Introduction to community Dentistry

Introduction toCommunity Dentistry
WHO(World Health Organization)
Health : “ a state of complete physical ,mental and social well being and merely absence of disease or infirmity”1

Public health : by Winslow 1920, ‘‘ the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts’’2
A community is a definite group of people or population having common organization ,living in the same region following same rules and regulations under the same environment. Community is the popular living in a small geographical area with common pattern of life

A Society is a  group of people with common aims and objective
Dental Public Health
Definition of American Board of Dental Public Health
Dental public health is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual.3
It is concerned with,
The dental health education of the public.
Applied dental research.
The administration of group for the dental care programs,
as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis