Dental Public Health & Research for
2025 -2026 Edition by vic
Department of Health and Human Services - answer-The HHS is the government's
principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential
human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
US Public Health Service - answer-works to improve and advance the health of our
nation's people. It includes several separate entities.
National Institutes of Health - answer-The government's medical research organization,
supporting some 38,000 research projects nationwide in diseases such as cancer,
Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, and AIDS.
Indian Health Services - answer-Native Americans, including Alaskan Natives, with
medical and dental care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - answer-provides a system of health
surveillance to prevent the outbreak of diseases and monitor any that do occur. It also
maintains national health statistics.
Health Resources and Services Administration - answer-provides health resources for
medically underserved populations and works to build the health care workforce, the
workers whose members deliver health care to the public.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - answer-supports research on health care
systems, health care quality and cost issues, access to health care, and effectiveness of
medical treatments.
Need - answer-can be defined as a normative, professional judgment as to the amount
and kind of health care services required to attain or maintain health.
demand - answer-Particular or desired frequency of dental care by a population.
Supply - answer-Amount of dental care services available.
Utilization - answer-Number of dental care services actually consumed, not just desired.
Epidemiology - answer-is used to describe the
health status of populations, to identify
multiple factors associated with disease
2025 -2026 Edition by vic
Department of Health and Human Services - answer-The HHS is the government's
principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential
human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
US Public Health Service - answer-works to improve and advance the health of our
nation's people. It includes several separate entities.
National Institutes of Health - answer-The government's medical research organization,
supporting some 38,000 research projects nationwide in diseases such as cancer,
Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, and AIDS.
Indian Health Services - answer-Native Americans, including Alaskan Natives, with
medical and dental care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - answer-provides a system of health
surveillance to prevent the outbreak of diseases and monitor any that do occur. It also
maintains national health statistics.
Health Resources and Services Administration - answer-provides health resources for
medically underserved populations and works to build the health care workforce, the
workers whose members deliver health care to the public.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - answer-supports research on health care
systems, health care quality and cost issues, access to health care, and effectiveness of
medical treatments.
Need - answer-can be defined as a normative, professional judgment as to the amount
and kind of health care services required to attain or maintain health.
demand - answer-Particular or desired frequency of dental care by a population.
Supply - answer-Amount of dental care services available.
Utilization - answer-Number of dental care services actually consumed, not just desired.
Epidemiology - answer-is used to describe the
health status of populations, to identify
multiple factors associated with disease
