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Description:
Achieving Oral Health is now in its third edition having
been extensively revised. This well-established book provides an
excellent introduction to the understanding of the role and importance
of psychology in dentistry for undergraduate dental students. Personal
communication between dentist and patient is of primary importance
in dental practice. Dentist-patient relationships can present problems
when patients are nervous or require particular forms of care and
an awareness of the views and expectations of individual. This book
provides the means to understand, prevent and treat many of the
difficulties encountered by dentists. It describes the principles
of psychology and sociology applied to dental practice, giving specific
guidelines on the most effective way to deal with psychological
problems, such as anxiety and pain. This new edition places more
emphasis on the link between the sociological and psychological
aspects of care related to public health and health promotion concerns.
Awareness of these issues continues to increase in line with growing
research output, and their importance is stressed in current General
Dental Council Recommendations for the dental undergraduate curriculum.
The subsequent surge in interest and understanding of the issues
involved in dental anxiety, preventive health care, dentist-patient
relationships and the care of specific patient groups means that
an updated text covering these areas is extremely timely. t . |
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Description:
The discipline of dental public health (or more broadly,
Community Oral Health) is required by the General Dental Council
to be taught in every UK dental school. There is also now an established
specialty of Dental Public Health within the National Health Service,
as well as an option to take Dental Public Health for the 2nd part
of the Fellowship of Dental Surgeons. It can be seen, therefore,
that the subject is becoming an increasingly important component
of dental education and training today, and this new book should
meet an urgent need for a relevant text in this area. Edited by
a well-known and respected authority on Community Oral Health, contributions
have been sought from experts around the globe to reflect the international
approach taken by this work. Community Oral Health should prove
an essential component of every dental trainee`s bookshelf as well
as a useful purchase for those who are already in practice. . |
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