This book provides a comprehensive yet simple presentation of Preventive and Community Dentistry. Based on the syllabus prescribed by Dental Council of India, the book covers various aspects of public health, dental public health, preventive dentistry, and research methodology. An important feature of the book is inclusion of additional chapters on Forensic dentistry, Hospital administration, Occupational hazards, Nutrition and oral Health, Minimal invasive dentistry and Dental Practice management. These chapters are vital for richer understanding of community dentistry. Further, some useful information like facts about tobacco, fluorides and clinical cases proforma are included separately under the Appendices. All these features make the book quite comprehensive in scope and contemporary in approach.

Sailent Features
* Systematic and logical presentation of text, and highlighting contemporary issues in the field
* Numerous tables, flowcharts, diagrams and photographs have been included for easier understanding of the subject
* Inclusion of some additional chapters vital for a richer understanding of community dentistry
* Inclusion of additional chapters on
* Forensic Dentistry
* Hospital Administration
* Nutrition and Oral Health
* Minimal Invasive Dentistry (MID)
* Dental Practice Management
* Behavioral Sciences
* Exhaustive discussion of important topics like Caries and Fluorides in Preventive Dentistry along with the inclusion of relevant recent advances and innovations
* Inclusion of useful information like facts about tobacco, fluorides and clinical cases proforma under the Appendices makes the book quite comprehensive in scope and contemporary in approach.

Table of Contents
Part 1: Public Health
1. Concepts of Health and Disease and Prevention
2. General Epidemiology
3. Environmental Health
4. Health Education
5. Primary Health Care
6. National Health Programmes
7. International and National Health Agencies
8. Hospital Administration
9. Behavioural Sciences
Part 2: Dental Public Health
10. Introduction to Dental Public Health
11. Epidemiology of Dental Caries
12. Epidemiology of Periodontal Disease
13. Epidemiology of Oral Cancer
14. Oral Health Education
15. Nutrition and Oral Health
16. Surveying and Oral Health Surveys
17. Indices
18. Dental Auxiliaries
19. Financing Dental Care
20. Dental Needs and Resources
21. Planning and Evaluation in Oral Health
22. School Dental Health Programmes
23. Dental Practice Management
24. Ethics in Dentistry
25. Dentist Act—1948
26. Dental Council of India (DCI) and Indian Dental Association (IDA)
27. Consumer Protection Act
28. Forensic Odontology
Part 3: Preventive Dentistry
29. Introduction to Preventive Dentistry
30. Dental Caries
31. Diet and Dental Caries
32. Caries Risk Assessment
33. Caries Activity Tests
34. Dental Caries Vaccine
35. Fluorides
36. Fluoride Technology: A global Perspective
37. Oral Hygiene aids
38. Pit and Fissure Sealants
39. Atraumatic Restorative Treatment
40. Minimal Invasive Dentistry (MID)
41. Prevention of Dental Caries
42. Prevention of Periodontal Disease
43. Prevention of Malocclusion
44. Prevention of Dental Trauma
45. Occupational Hazards in Dentistry
46. Infection Control in Dental Care Setting
Part 4: Research Methodology and Biostatistics
47. Research Methodology
48. Biostatistics
Appendices
1. Definition and Glossary
2. Oral Health Assessment Proforma (1997)
3. Case History Proforma
4. Levels of Prevention
5. Tobacco use, Effects on Health and Management
6. Fluoride Facts