Job role and Career Development of Dental Public Health Officers: A Case Study of Health Area 7

Abstract

               This study is cross-sectional descriptive research to study the job role and Career Development of Dental Public Health Officers who worked in health area 7, based on 222 samples. Most of them were female, of 180 persons or 81.1%, they were 23 to 56 years old. The average age was 32.97 years.

              The role as a dental public health officer found that the basic dental services To control and prevent oral diseases in patients without complications and without systemic diseases, according to the Ministry of Public Health Act of 1996, the topics with the highest mean of practice were: Dental Extraction in case of normal deciduous tooth or. Grade 3 (3 m.m.) of tooth mobility in permanent teeth with local infiltration was 4.66 (SD = 0.65). Career Development and Continuing education showed The lowest satisfaction level was how has promoted more clearly with an average of 2.40. (Sd. = 1.10) In the vast majority have not studied for a master's degree, 177 people, representing 80.18 % Training needs for self-improvement. Most of them wanted to develop their own in young children dental hygiene promotion, 131 people or 59.0%.