To prevent and control oral diseases and promote oral health through organized community efforts

At the conclusion of the course the student shall have a knowledge of the basis of public health, preventive dentistry, public health problems in India, Nutrition, Environment and their role in health, basics of dental statistics, epidemiological methods, National oral health policy with emphasis on oral health policy.

At the conclusion of the course the students shall have require at the skill of identifying health problems affecting the society, conducting health surveys, conducting health education classes and deciding health strategies. Students should develop a positive attitude towards the problems of the society and must take responsibilities in providing health.

Communication abilities: At the conclusions of the course the student should be able to communicate the needs of the community efficiently, inform the society of all the recent methodologies in preventing oral disease

Environmental Health: - Concepts, principles, protection, sources, purification environmental sanitation of water disposal of waste sanitation, then role in mass disorder

Health Education: - Definition, concepts, principles, methods, and health education aids

Public Health Administration: - Priority, establishment, manpower, private practice management, hospital management.

Ethics and Jurisprudence: Professional liabilities, negligence, malpractice, consents, evidence, contracts, and methods of identification in forensic dentistry.

Behavioral science: Definition of sociology, anthropology and psychology and their in dental practice and community.

Health care delivery system: Center and state, oral health policy, primary health care, national programmes, health organizations.

Epidemiology of dental diseases-dental caries, periodontal diseases, malocclusion, dental fluorosis and oral cancer.

Survey procedures: Planning, implementation and evaluation, WHO oral health survey methods 1997, indices for dental diseases.

Delivery of dental care: Dental auxiliaries, operational and non-operational, incremental and comprehensive health care, school dental health.

Payments of dental care: Methods of payments and dental insurance, government plans

Preventive Dentistry- definition, Levels, role of individual , community and profession, fluorides in dentistry, plaque control programmes.

Collection of statistical data (demographic) on population in India, birth rates, morbidity and mortality, literacy, per capita income

Incidence and prevalence of common oral diseases like dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, fluorosis at national and international levels

Preparation of oral health education material posters, models, slides, lectures, play acting skits etc.

Oral health status assessment of the community using indices and WHO basic oral health survey methods

Exploring and planning setting of private dental clinics in rural, semi urban and urban locations, availment of finances for dental practices-preparing project report.

Visit to primary health center-to acquaint with activities and primary health care delivery

Visit to water purification plant/public health laboratory/ center for treatment of western and sewage water

Visit to schools-to assess the oral health status of school children, emergency treatment and health education including possible preventive care at school (tooth brushing technique demonstration and oral rinse programme etc.)

Visit to institution for the care of handicapped, physically, mentally, or medically compromised patients

Preventive dentistry: in the department application of pit and fissure sealants, fluoride gel application procedure, A. R. T., Comprehensive health for 5 pts at least 2 patients

Students are posted to the department to get training in dental practice management.

Total oral health care approach- in order to prepare the new graduates in their approach to diagnosis, treatment planning, cost of treatment, prevention of treatment on schedule, recall maintenance of records etc. at least 10 patients (both children and adults of all types posting for at least one month).