To the students , the goals of this course are to grasp the basic theory , elementary knowledge and fundamental technique of the preventive and community dentistry ; to understand the epidemic feature and the preventive method of the oral commonly disease ; to familiarize the status of the oral preventive care and the basic principle and methods of the clinic and community oral health care ; to take the oral preventive care method to service for the multitude and individual ; to know the latest progress and the development about the global dentistry ; to adapt to the need of the future dentistry development and the multitude oral care 该课程的教学目的是通过理论课和实验课教学，使学生能掌握预防与社会口腔医学的基础理论、基本知识和基本技能；掌握口腔常见病流行特征及预防方法；熟悉口腔预防保健工作状况、临床与社区口腔预防保健的基本原则和方法；能初步运用口腔预防保健措施为个体和群体服务；了解预防及社会口腔医学国内外的最新进展和发展方向，以适应未来口腔医学发展与人群口腔保健的需要。
