The journal is concerned with dental public health and related subjects. Dental public health is the science and the art of preventing oral disease, promoting oral health, and improving the quality of life through the organised efforts of society.

The discipline covers a wide range and includes such topics as:

-oral epidemiology-

oral health services research-

preventive dentistry - especially in relation to communities-

oral health education and promotion-

clinical research - with particular emphasis on the care of special groups-

behavioural sciences related to dentistry-

decision theory-

quality of life-

risk analysis-

ethics and oral health economics-

quality assessment.

The journal publishes scientific articles on the relevant fields, review articles, discussion papers, news items, and editorials. It is of interest to dentists working in dental public health and to other professionals concerned with disease prevention, health service planning, and health promotion throughout the world. In the case of epidemiology of oral diseases the Journal prioritises national studies unless local studies have major methodological innovations or information of particular interest.

该期刊关注牙科公共卫生及相关主题。牙科公共卫生是通过社会有组织的努力来预防口腔疾病、促进口腔健康和改善生活质量的科学和艺术。

该学科涵盖范围广泛，包括以下主题：

-口腔流行病学-

口腔健康服务研究-

预防牙科 - 特别是与社区相关的-

口腔健康教育和促进-

临床研究 - 特别强调特殊群体的护理-

与牙科相关的行为科学-

决策理论-

生活质量-

风险分析-

伦理与口腔健康经济学-

质量评估。

该期刊发表有关领域的科学文章、评论文章、讨论论文、新闻和社论。它引起了世界各地从事牙科公共卫生工作的牙医和其他与疾病预防、卫生服务规划和健康促进有关的专业人士的兴趣。在口腔疾病流行病学方面，除非当地研究有重大的方法创新或特别令人感兴趣的信息，否则本期刊优先考虑国家研究。

该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录，该刊致力于发表经过严格同行评审的高质量原创文章，反映医学-牙科与口腔外科领域的新进展、新技术、新成果，促进该领域科研交流和科研成果转化。该刊2023年影响因子为0.9，平均审稿速度为 较慢,6-12周 ，近四年来没有被列入预警名单。如果您需要投稿发表服务及指导，可以联系我们的客服老师，我们专业专注服务期刊投稿协助10年，为您提供期刊投稿个性化定制服务，并且我们确保严格保密您的个人信息及稿件内容。