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COMMUNITY DENTISTRY
1. Definition of health by WHO.
2. Define public health (Winslow).
3. Write a short note on the changing concepts of health.
4. Enumerate & briefly explain the various concepts of
disease causation.
5. What do you mean by epidemiological triad?
6. Write in brief about changing concepts of public health.
7. Enumerate the various Millennium Development Goals.
8. Explain in brief the various principles and elements of
primary health care.
9. Enumerate the various national health committees (with
dates).
10. Explain in brief about the structure of the health-system in
India.
11. What do you mean by primary, secondary & tertiary
prevention?
12. Define dental public health.
13. Write briefly about the tools of dental public health.
14. What are the duties of a Public Health Dentist.
15. Write briefly about the procedure and steps in dental public
health.
16. Which year was the national oral health policy defined?
17. Name one organisation related to Public Health Dentistry in
India.
18. Define Epidemiology.
19. What are the various aims of Epidemiology?
20. Define Incidence.
21. What is prevalence?
22. What are the different types of prevalence?
23. What is the difference between Incidence and Prevalence?
24. Classify epidemiological methods (studies).
25. Write briefly about the different steps in descriptive
epidemiology.
26. What are the different studies that come under Analytical
epidemiology?
27. Write briefly about the different steps in case control
study
28. What is the other name for case control study?
29. What are the distinguishing features of cohort study?
30. What is the other name for cohort study?
31. Write briefly about the various elements of a cohort
study.
32. Write briefly about the advantages and disadvantages of case
control and cohort study.
33. Write briefly about the various steps in randomised control
trials.
34. What is blinding?
35. Why is randomisation done?
36. What are the various types of randomised control trials
?
37. Write briefly about the uses of Epidemiology.
38. Names some theories of caries aetiology.
39. Name some dietary studies on controlled human
population.
40. What are the various methods of caries prevention at
primary, secondary and tertiary level?
41. Write a short note on Dental Caries Vaccine.
42. Write a short note on Cariogram.
43. Write a short note on Caries risk assessment.
44. What are the various plaque hypothesis?
45. What are the different types of plaque and calculus?
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46. Write briefly about mechanical plaque control aids.
47. Write a short note on dentifrices.
48. Enumerate the various tooth brushing techniques and write
briefly about Modified Bass Technique.
49. Write briefly about chemical plaque control methods.
50. Write briefly about the various tobacco habits prevailing in
India.
51. Write briefly about Potentially Malignant Lesions.
52. Write briefly about global initiatives in the prevention of
oral cancer.
53. What are the various approaches in the prevention and
control of the cancer?
54. What are the various As related to counselling for tobacco
cessation?
55. What are the five Rs related to counselling for unwilling to
quit smoking?
56. Write briefly about the epidemiology and etiology of
malocclusion.
57. Briefly explain about some procedures undertaken in
preventive orthodontics?
58. What are space maintainers ? Classify and write briefly
about the different types.
59. What is interceptive orthodontics? Write briefly about some
procedures undertaken in interceptive
orthodontics.
60. Name the various behavioural sciences, and write a short
note on each of them.
61. Define health education (NCPM - USA).
62. Write briefly about the various principles of health
education.
63. Write briefly about the various contents of health
education?
64. Mention the various stages in the adoption of new ideas and
practices.
65. Mention some differences between health education and
propaganda.
66. What are the various Components, Types and Barriers in
communication.
67. Write briefly about the various educational aids used in
health education?
68. Name some methods of health education.
69. Define health promotion and write briefly about the five
priority areas for health promotion.
70. Write briefly about the various approaches to health
promotion.
71. Define School health services and write briefly about its
various aspects.
72. What are the objectives of School Oral Health Services ?
73. What are the Ideal Requirements, and Advantages of School
Dental Health Programs ?
74. Explain in detail the various elements or components of
school dental health programme?
75. Mention the various School Dental Health Programmes (their
names, date, primary goal & achievement/s).
76. Write briefly about Incremental & Comprehensive Dental
Care.
77. Give a brief historical account of fluorides in
dentistry.
78. Write briefly about the various sources of fluorides.
79. Write briefly about the metabolism of fluorides.
80. Write briefly about the excretion of fluorides from the
body.
81. Write briefly about the various mechanisms of action of
fluorides?
82. What are the various fluoride delivery methods?
83. What is the rationale for using topical fluoride agent?
84. Write an essay on Professionally Applied Topical
fluorides.
85. Write an essay on Self Applied Topical fluorides.
86. Write a detailed essay on Systemic fluorides.
87. Name some control water fluoridation studies
88. Write in detail about acute and chronic fluoride
toxicity?
89. Write a short note on water defluoridation.
90. Name different types of surveys, and explain in brief the
general uses of health surveys.
91. Explain in brief the various methods of data collection.
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92. Explain in detail the various steps involved in
surveying.
93. Explain in detail path finder survey .
94. Define index and enumerate the ideal requisites of an
index.
95. Give a general classification of indices.
96. What are the uses of an index at individual, research and
community level?
97. Name 2indices used for assessing oral hygiene and plaque
98. Name two indices used for gingival and periodontal
disease?
99. Name two indices used for assessing dental caries.
100. Name two indices used for assessing dental fluorosis.
101. Name two indices used for assessing malocclusion.
102. Enumerate the difference between milder forms of dental
fluorosis and non-fluoride enamel opacities.
103. What do you mean by the following terms: Sample; sampling;
sampling frame.
104. Explain in brief the various types of probability and
non-probability sampling.
105. Explain multiphase and multistage sampling.
106. Write a brief note on Sample Size.
107. Write an essay on Data Collection and the various methods
of Data Presentation.
108. What are the various measures of central tendency and
dispersion?
109. What is a normal curve?
110. What do you mean by Tests of Significance? Name some of the
Parametric & Non-parametric tests.
111. Mention the various uses and explain the different types of
Health Planning.
112. Explain in detail the various steps involved in a planning
process.
113. Explain the different criteria used in the evaluation of
dental services.
114. What are the two broad categories of Evaluation?
115. Explain in brief the various types of Evaluation.
116. Write a short note on the various steps involved in an
evaluation process.
117. Define dental auxiliary. Classify auxiliaries (both WHO
& Revised Classification)
118. Write briefly about the various dental auxiliaries.
119. Write a short note on School Dental Nurse.
120. Write a short note on EFDA (Expanded Function Dental
Auxiliary).
121. Write a short note on Frontier Auxiliaries.
122. Write a short note on Degrees of Supervision of
Auxiliaries.
123. Write briefly about the various methods of payment for
dental care?
124. What do you mean by 90th percentile?
125. Write a short note on Medicare & Medicaid.
126. Write briefly about payment for dental health services in
India.
127. Mention the various uses and the deal requisites of caries
activity tests.
128. Enumerate the various types of caries activity tests and
write a very brief note on each one of them.
129. Classify pit and fissure sealants.
130. What are the various materials used as sealants.
131. Explain the step by step procedure involved in the
application of sealants.
132. Name some factors affecting retention of sealants in the
mouth.
133. What is preventive resin restoration?
134. Explain the two main principles of ART?
135. Mention various indications and contra indications of
ART.
136. Mention the various uses and the various sources of
water.
137. Write very briefly on the guidelines for drinking-water
quality as recommended by WHO.
138. Write a short note on hardness of water?
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139. Write an essay on purification of water on a large
scale.
140. Write a short note on purification of water on small
scale.
141. Write a short note on disposal of solid waste.
142. Write a short note on the Bangalore method of
composting.
143. Write an essay on the disposal of health care waste.
144. Write a short note on balanced diet.
145. Write a brief note on nutrition and dental caries,
periodontal disease, malocclusion and oral cancer?
146. Write a short note on personal barrier techniques of
infection control?
147. Write a short note on sterilization and disinfection of
instruments.
148. Write a short note on Biofilms and DUWL (Dental Unit Water
Line).
149. Write in detail about the various ethical principles in the
health profession?
150. Write a brief note on the ethical rules for dentists (as
prescribed by the DCI).
151. Write a brief note on the duties of physicians in
general.
152. Write a detailed note on Doctor-Patient Contract.
153. Write in detail about Consent.
154. Write in detail about CPA/COPRA (Consumer Protection
Act).
155. Write an essay on IDA (Indian Dental Association).
156. Write in detail about DCI (Dental Council of India)
157. Enumerate some of the important health agencies around the
world.
158. Write a detailed note on World Health Organization.
159. Write a short note on Forensic Odontology.
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