Illinois (IL) 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. Illinois has
33 practicing
public health dentists. Broken out by city, public health dentistry doctor density
in Bridgeview is 1,
in Burbank is 1,
in Canton is 1,
in Carbondale is 1,
in Champaign is 3,
in Chicago is 5,
in Decatur is 1,
in Galesburg is 1,
in Great Lakes is 1,
in Gridley is 1,
in Hillsboro is 1,
in Litchfield is 2,
in Metropolis is 1,
in Naperville is 1,
in Pekin is 1,
in Quincy is 3,
in Rock Falls is 3,
in Rolling Meadows is 1,
in South Holland is 1,
in Tuscola is 1,
in Urbana is 1,
and in Wheaton is 1.
Illinois Information
Most people think that Chicago, because of its size and popularity, is Illinois’ capital city, but that distinction belongs to Springfield, home of the Abraham Lincoln Museum. Illinois has hundreds of museums, numerous yearly art and ethnic festivals, a lakeshore bordering Lake Michigan, and the many national forests and parks that offers visitors camping, horseback riding, biking, kayaking, and fishing.
Chicago is home to the Sears Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Adler Planetarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and other cultural opportunities and restaurants in the Navy Pier area.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Illinois has a population of 12,763,371.
Of this population, 3,172,677 are under the age of 18
and 1,523,937 are at or above the age of 65.
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