| A | B |
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| Dental Public Health | is focusing on preventing and controlling dental disease and promoting dental health through organized community efforts such as dental education of the public applied dental research administration of dental programs on a community basis. |
| Purpose of various public health agencies | public health services |
| Dental exam | terminology used to equate with assessment |
| Treatment plan | terminology used that equated with planning for a patients needs |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services principle agency for protecting health of all Americans and providing essential human services dental concerns fall under this |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control monitor/prevent disease outbreaks maintains national statistics |
| HSRA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| NIH | National Institute of Health medical research organization |
| NIDR | Nat’l Institute of Dental Research |
| AHPR | Agency for Healthcare Policy ad Research access to care quality and cost |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration safety of foods cosmetics pharmaceuticals dental materials |
| PHS | Public Health Service-nation’s health |
| BLS | bureau of labor statistics fact finding agency collects and analyzes forecasts labor forces needed |
| Medicare | insurances protections against costs of health care for persons 65 and older and certain younger disabled persons dental only for those requiring hospitalization |
| Medicaid | medical insurance for low income with limited funding for dental-most states do not cover adults for dental dental providers can choose not to participate must be at or below federal poverty level |
| SCHIP | provide health insurance for low to moderate incomes that do not qualify for Medicaid |
| Screening survey | crude estimates can be done in short periods of time |
| Epidemiological survey | examine clinical samples tests |
