PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY - AUGUST 2017 FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

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FOURTH YEAR B.D.S. DEGREE EXAM

(Common to Third Year Paper IV - Modified Regulation III Candidates and Final Year Paper VIII - New Modified Regulation Candidates)

PAPER VIII – PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Q.P Code: 544223
Time: 180 Minutes                                                               Maximum: 70 Marks

I. Elaborate on:                                                                                   (2 x 10 = 20)

1.   Define Health Education. Enumerate various methods of Health Education aids.

2.   Describe in detail the various modes of Finance in dental care delivery.

II. Write Notes on:                                                                                (10 x 5 = 50)

1.   Write a brief note on the historical studies on artificial water fluoridation.
2.   Enumerate the indications of  pit and fissure sealants. Enumerate the various steps in the
disposal of hospital waste.
3.   Describe in detail the various concepts of disease.
4.   Enumerate the various modes of interventions of primary prevention of dental caries.
5.   OHI - S Index.
6.   Enumerate the various principles of ethics.
7.   Describe the Antiplaque mechanism of action of chlorhexidine mouthwash.
8.   Defluoridation.
9.   Describe the various methods of dispersion in biostatistics.
10.   Enumerate the various types of smokeless tobacco products.
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