Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): cariostatic agents, community dentistry, community health planning, community health services, decision making, dental caries, evidencebased medicine, facial injuries, fluoridation, intervention studies, meta-analysis, mouth protectors, oral health, pharyngeal neoplasms, pit and fissure sealants, practice guidelines, preventive dentistry, preventive health servi...

1 PhD Candidate, Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran; Preventive Dentistry Research Center, Dental Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3 Associate Professor, ...

Senior Lecturer, Public Health Dentistry, Maharajaganga Singh Dental College and Research Centre, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India, Senior Lecturer, Public Health Dentistry, Rajah Muthaiah Dental College and Hospital, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Reader, Public Health Dentistry, Royal Dental College & Hospital, Chalissery, Palakkad, Kerala, India, Consultant, Public Health Dentistry, Bellary,...

despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the national health service (nhs) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. but if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

the article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (portugal). it goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or cam framework.

Dr. Formicola is Professor of Dentistry and former Dean of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University, a position he held for twenty-three years. He is Vice-Dean of the Center for Community Health Partnerships, Columbia University. Dr. Formicola received his D.D.S. degree from Georgetown University and an M.S. degree in Periodontics. He taught at the schools of dentistry at Georgetow...

This article examines current global oral health initiatives to underserved dental populations and assesses the level of familiarity with these initiatives among dental students. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s basic package of oral care (BPOC) is described, as well as successes and difficulties in global oral health initiatives. A survey was conducted of third-year dental students at a N...

1Postgraduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 3Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengal...