Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community

by Brian A. Burt, Steven A. Eklund, Stephen A. Eklund

This great resource presents dentistry and dental practice against the ever-changing backdrop of economic, technological, and demographic trends, as well as the distribution of the oral diseases that dental professionals treat and prevent. The text is logically divided into five parts. Dentistry and the Community deals with the development of the dental and dental hygiene professions, demographics of the public, its use of dental services, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 072160515X
• ISBN13: 9780721605159
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Essential reading for the dental public health professional

Burt and Eklund have taken a good thing and made it better. The new edition of "Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community" maintains the attention to detail and liberal referencing that was found in the 4th edition, but it adds tables and charts that are easier to read and tighter organization of the chapters such that common topics flow together more readily. Congratulations on a job well done.

The real community dentistry in most of the world

All other books like european books about the subject, are produced on a view embarassed for central, uniform and national health plans. This book make present in literature, the reality of many kinds of dental services delivery, like the state and private market. This aproach is more close with the real situation for most countries, speciality in plural societys.For this reasons, that book is a powerfull toll for all Dentists interessed in knowing "how is" the actual basis that are building a future of our profession.