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Name of the University : The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Degree : MASTER OF DENTAL SURGERY (M.D.S)
BRANCH VII : PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
Subject Code/Name : 2434/Public Health
Year : I
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Public Health MDS Question :

March 2009 :
[KU 408] Sub. Code: 2434
M.D.S. DEGREE EXAMINATION :

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Branch VII : PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
(Revised Regulations)
(Common to all candidates)
Paper II : PUBLIC HEALTH
Q.P. Code : 242434
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions :
Draw suitable diagram wherever necessary :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Discuss in detail the historical development of public health. Enumerate the characteristics of public health and add a note on biostatistics and its applications in public health.
2. What constitutes behavioural sciences? Discuss in detail about cultural anthropology. Add a detail note on applications of cultural anthropology in public health.
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. “Genetic Counseling” – A primary preventive method.
2. Medical emergencies in dental practice and management.
3. Assessment of nutritional status in health surveys.
4. Ethical principles in health research.
5. Global warming phenomenon and its effects on public health.
6. Oral health indications in a community.

March 2010 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Discuss in detail the various National Health Programmes in India.
2. Discuss the role of culture, religion and socio-economic status on epidemiology of oral diseases?
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. Changing concepts in public health.
2. Primary health care approach.
3. Hospital waste management.
4. Normal curve.
5. Iceberg phenomenon.
6. Risk approach in dental public health.

[LA 408] Sub. Code: 2426
(180 Min)
Answer ALL questions in the same order. :
1. National health programmes.
2. Descriptive epidemiology.
3.Host factor.
4.Ethics.
5. Risk factors of disease.
6. Air pollution.
7. Water purification.
8. Aids to health education.
9. Sociology.
10.Measures of central tendency.

April 2012 :
(10×10=100)
1. Computer applications in dentistry.
2. Experimental epidemiology.
3. Environment and its impact on our lives.
4. Duties of an epidemiologist.
5.Primary health care.
6. Soil pollution.
7.Waste disposal.
8. Types of health education.
9.Anthropology.
10.Tests of significance.

APRIL 2014 :
(10×10=100)
1. Health & Disease.
2. Analytical Epidemiology.
3. Agent.
4.Screening.
5. Hospital administration.
6. Water pollution.
7. Occupational Hazards.
8. Steps in health education.
9.Psychology.
10. Measures of dispersion.

Dental Public Health :
March 2010 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. How can you develop a comprehensive dental health service for a rural area?
2. Discuss the role of behavioural science in community dentistry.
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. Diet and dental caries.
2. Dental payments.
3. Oral health promotion.
4. Epidemiology of oral cancer.
5. Salivary substitutes.
6. Specific protection.

[LA 409] Sub. Code: 2427
Answer ALL questions in the same order. :
1. Defluoridation techniques and its feasibility in India.
2. Lifestyle and dental health.
3. Role of host factors in periodontal disease.
4. Dental public health practice in India.
5. Nutritional counseling for oral health.
6. Space maintainers.
7. Preventive resin restorations.
8. Iatrogenic effects in dentistry.
9. Computers used in dentistry.
10. Consumer protection act- relevance in dentistry.

April 2012 :
(10×10=100)
1. Epidemiology of Periodontal disease.
2. School dental health program.
3. Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary.
4. Steps in evaluation.
5. Post- payment schemes.
6. Prevention of malocclusion.
7. Practice management.
8. Defluoridation.
9. Pit & Fissure sealant.
10. National oral health care delivery system.

APRIL 2014 :
(10×10=100)
1. Epidemiology of Oral cancer.
2. Difference between dental public health and clinical practice.
3. School dental nurse.
4. Voluntary agencies in dental care.
5. Fee for service.
6. Prevalence of Dental fluorosis.
7. Plaque control measure.
8. Atraumatic Restorative Technique .
9. Forensic dentistry.
10.Types of practice.

Paper III : DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Q.P. Code : 242435
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions :
Draw suitable diagram wherever necessary :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Write in detail epidemiology of dental caries. Add a note on current trends in India and other developed countries.
2. Write in detail various school dental health programmes and give your design for an ideal school dental health programme for rural India.
II. Write short notes on : (6 x 10 = 60)
1. ART.
2. Advantages of topical fluorides.
3. Payment plans.
4. Caries vaccines.
5. Nicotine replacement therapy.
6. TNM classification