California (CA) Public Health Dentistry Physicians and Dentists
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Public Health Dentistry Information
Description
Public health dentistry is a non-clinical specialty of dentistry that focuses on preventing and controlling dental diseases, and promoting community dental health. Public health dentistry treats the community as the patient rather than individuals. Some of the organized efforts include dental health public education and group dental care programs.
A public health dentist gets involved in social oral health polices and dental health educational programs for the public, dental epidemiology (the prevention and control of dental disease in a community population), and applied dental research. A public health dentist also studies the patterns, causes and control of dental diseases among groups of people (dental epidemiology), and focuses on the prevention and control of dental disease in a community population. Typically a public health dentist carries a Master of Science (M.S.) in Dental Public Health.
Location Density Information
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. California has
71 practicing
public health dentists. Broken out by city, public health dentistry doctor density
in Alameda is 1,
in Beale AFB is 1,
in Bellflower is 1,
in Bishop is 2,
in Burbank is 2,
in Carmichael is 1,
in Clovis is 1,
in Corona is 1,
in El Centro is 1,
in El Monte is 1,
in Fairfield is 2,
in Fremont is 1,
in Gilroy is 1,
in Hawthorne is 1,
in Hoopa is 2,
in Jackson is 1,
in La Habra is 1,
in Lancaster is 1,
in Lemoore is 1,
in Lone Pine is 1,
in Long Beach is 1,
in Los Angeles is 1,
in Montclair is 1,
in Nipomo is 1,
in North Hollywood is 1,
in Oakland is 3,
in Orange is 1,
in Rancho Cordova is 1,
in Rancho Cucamonga is 1,
in Riverside is 2,
in Sacramento is 1,
in San Diego is 4,
in San Francisco is 5,
in San Joaquin is 1,
in San Jose is 1,
in San Marcos is 1,
in San Rafael is 8,
in Santa Ana is 2,
in Santa Cruz is 1,
in Santa Rosa is 1,
in Sebastopol is 1,
in Sierra Madre is 1,
in Tuolumne is 1,
in Vacaville is 1,
in Venice is 1,
in Vista is 1,
in Watsonville is 1,
in Westminster is 1,
and in Winterhaven is 1.
California Information
California’s population is 36,142,137, and it is America’s third largest and most populous state. It also claims the highest and lowest altitudes in the lower 48 states. The lowest point in the country, Death Valley, is also home to the nation’s highest recorded temperature, 134 degrees. Tourists flock to this state for its many outdoor activities and attractions, including Universal Studios, Disneyland, Rodeo Drive shopping, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, wine country tours, and California’s numerous beaches and parks.
Los Angeles is the nation’s second largest city, but California’s capital is Sacramento. The giant sequoias in California’s forests are among the oldest living things in the world, and a redwood in the Redwood National Park is said to be the world’s tallest tree, at 365 feet. California achieved statehood in 1850, and was named the Golden State after the beginning of the Gold Rush in 1848.
According to 2005 Census estimates, California has a population of 36,132,147.
Of this population, 9,308,563 are under the age of 18
and 3,827,038 are at or above the age of 65.
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