Allukian Myron, Adekugbe Olubunmi
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Boston, MA 02108, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2008 Apr;52(2):259-80, v. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2007.12.003.
Dental public health is a unique and challenging American Dental Association-recognized specialty because the patient is the entire community or population, such as a school, neighborhood, city, state, or the nation, with a focus on vulnerable populations. Limited resources are maximized through prevention, policies, programs, and organized community efforts to respond to great unmet needs. Although dental public health professionals are few in number, millions of people every day have better oral health because of these professionals, who work on the local, state, and national level.
牙科公共卫生是美国牙科协会认可的一个独特且具有挑战性的专业领域，因为其服务对象是整个社区或人群，比如学校、社区、城市、州或国家，尤其关注弱势群体。通过预防、政策、项目以及有组织的社区努力来满足大量未得到满足的需求，从而使有限的资源得到最大化利用。尽管牙科公共卫生专业人员数量不多，但由于这些在地方、州和国家层面工作的专业人员，每天都有数百万人拥有了更好的口腔健康。
