DEH2702C - Community and Public Dental Health and Lab DEH2702C - Community and Public Dental Health and Lab Community and Public Dental Health provides the dental hygiene student with information and skills in oral hygiene education, statistics and community dental health. This course provides the student with information and skills for interpreting scientific research, and literature and educational and service program planning, implementation and evaluation on all ages. Additionally, information is provided about principles of epidemiology; needs, demands and utilization concepts, and the financing of dental care. The lab portion gives the student opportunity to apply the concepts and methods learned to a community project which students design and implement. Terms Classification: Occupational