Editorial: Clinical Education Research and Dental Public Health

Abstract

The central premise of Dental Public Health (DPH) is striving to change the oral health of the nation for the better and as Leo Buscaglia, the 19th century historian, elegantly stated; 'Change is the end result of all true learning'. The two primary goals of DPH; promoting oral health and preventing oral disease, have at their very heart the education of the general public and patients. Similarly, in seeking to recruit, train and retain an effective dental workforce, with a focus on oral health-related quality of life improvements, close attention to the education of those practitioners is imperative.