May 13, 2024  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1

RDH 2520 Public Dental Health & Epidemiology


Lecture: 4 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 4
This course examines community public health and dental health education emphasizing the principles and methods for analyzing, planning, implementing, and evaluating community-based health programs for the prevention of caries, oral disease, and increasing dental health education. Provisions of oral health care services to patients with bloodborne infectious diseases are emphasized. Topics include epidemiology, research, methodology, biostatistics, evidence based dentistry, and the role of the community based dental hygienist.

Prerequisite(s): Program Admissions