Community dental health

期刊简介：The journal is concerned with dental public health and related subjects. Dental public health is the science and the art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral health, and improving the quality of life through the organised efforts of society.The discipline covers a wide range and includes such topics as:-oral epidemiology-oral health services research-preventive dentistry - especially in relation to communities-oral health education and promotion-clinical research - with particular emphasis on the care of special groups-behavioural sciences related to dentistry-decision theory-quality of life-risk analysis-ethics and oral health economics-quality assessment.The journal publishes scientific articles on the relevant fields, review articles, discussion papers, news items, and editorials. It is of interest to dentists working in dental public health and to other professionals concerned with disease prevention, health service planning, and health promotion throughout the world. In the case of epidemiology of oral diseases the Journal prioritises national studies unless local studies have major methodological innovations or information of particular interest.

【译文】这本期刊关注口腔公共卫生及相关主题。口腔公共卫生是一门科学和艺术，通过社会的组织努力预防口腔疾病、促进口腔健康，并提高生活质量。该学科涵盖广泛，包括以下主题：口腔流行病学、口腔健康服务研究、预防牙科（特别是与社区相关）、口腔健康教育与推广、临床研究——特别强调对特殊群体的护理、与牙科相关的行为科学、决策理论、生活质量、风险评估、伦理和口腔健康经济学、质量评估。该期刊发表相关领域的科学文章、综述文章、讨论论文、新闻项目和社论。对从事口腔公共卫生的牙医以及全球关注疾病预防、卫生服务规划和健康促进的其他专业人士具有兴趣。在口腔疾病流行病学方面，除非当地研究有重大的方法论创新或特别感兴趣的信息，否则该期刊优先考虑国家研究。