{"id":220,"date":"2025-06-01T19:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T19:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:29:09","slug":"community-dental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/community-dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7.png 245w, https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><br>\u200eThe former Department of Preventive Dentistry which comprised of three units was unbundled in 2023 and became departments:<br>\u200eOrthodontics, Paedodontics and<br>\u200eCommunity Dental Health.<br>\u200e<strong>\u200e PHILOSOPHY<br><\/strong>\u200eCommunity Dental Health is the branch of Dentistry practiced in relation to populations<br>\u200eand groups to arrive at population oral health diagnosis, planning and implementation of<br>\u200emeasures and preventative services for the benefit of the public.<br>\u200e\u200e<strong>VISION<\/strong><br>\u200eTo improve the oral health of Edo State citizens as well as the general community through<br>\u200eresearch in the prevention of oral diseases and preventive services for the maintenance of<br>\u200ehealth.<br>\u200e\u200e<strong>MISSION<\/strong><br>\u200eTo be a leading center for oral health research nationally and internationally.<br>\u200eTo provide preventive -oriented care that is evidence-based.<br>\u200eTo become recognized as the leading oral health information resource center in the<br>\u200ecommunity.<br>\u200eTo be the major stake holder in the improvement and maintenance of the community\u2019s oral<br>\u200ehealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/sunny-okeigbemen\/\">\u200e<strong>Prof.\u00a0 Sunny Okeigbemen<\/strong><\/a><strong><br>Head of Department<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u200e<br>\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY\u200eThe former Department of Preventive Dentistry which comprised of three units was unbundled in 2023 and became departments:\u200eOrthodontics, Paedodontics and\u200eCommunity Dental Health.\u200e\u200e PHILOSOPHY\u200eCommunity Dental Health is the branch of Dentistry &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentistry.uniben.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}