标题：Special section on dental public health: A collaboration between the Canadian journal of Public Health and the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry/Section speciale sur la sante dentaire publique : une collaboration entre la Revue canadienne de sante publique et l'Association canadienne de la sante dentaire publique.
摘要：In this issue of the Canadian Journal of Public Health, we are pleased to present a special section on the topic of dental public health. The Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada defines dental public health as: "that branch and specialty of dentistry concerned with the diagnosis, prevention and control of dental diseases, and the promotion of oral health through organized community efforts. Dental public health serves the community as the patient rather than the individual, through research, health promotion, education, and group dental care programs". (1, p.1) This is an historical definition and, today, dental public health extends far beyond this, to issues related to patient care (e.g., clinical epidemiology, risk assessment, clinical preventive therapies) and social justice (e.g., equity in oral health and access to dental care, resource allocation ethics). Dental public health is important exactly because of all of this, whether played out in public dental care programming, public policy development, and/or advocacy.
This special section represents a collaboration between the CJPH and the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry (CAPHD), and was carried out in conjunction with the 2016 CAPHD annual conference. The 2016 conference, held September 30-October 1 in Edmonton, was a special occasion for the CAPHD, representing the association's 50th anniversary. This was reflected in the conference theme, "Improving the health of Canadians: 50 years of CAPHD". All presenters at the 2016 conference (i.e., those who submitted abstracts that were accepted for oral or poster presentation) were invited to submit full manuscripts for consideration in this special section. All submitted manuscripts went through CJPH's usual, rigorous, peer-review process.
