New & Updated - AAPHD Dental Public Health Curriculum 

Developing Dental Public Health Competencies and Curriculum for Predoctoral Dental and Dental Hygiene Programs

Eight Dental Public Health Competencies

1. Demonstrate the ability to incorporate ethical reasoning and actions that promote culturally competent oral health care to individuals and populations.
2. Critique, synthesize and apply information from scientific and lay sources to improve the public’s oral health.
3. Describe social and health care systems and determinants of health and their impact on the oral health of the individual and population.
4. Assess risk for oral diseases and select appropriate, evidence-based preventive interventions and strategies to promote health and control oral diseases at the individual and population level.
5. Demonstrate the ability to access and describe the use of population-based health data for health promotion, patient care, and quality improvement.
6. Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to advocate for policies that impact oral and general health for individuals or populations.
7. Develop a capacity for lifelong learning and professional growth in order to provide leadership that utilizes principles of dental public health.
8. Demonstrate the ability to participate in inter-professional care across the lifespan of people from diverse communities and cultures.

 Courses

• Ethics and Dental Public Health
• Evidence Based Dental Public Health
• Oral Health Inequities and Access to Care
• Oral Health Literacy
• Oral Health Policy and Advocacy
• Oral Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Principals in Dental Public Health