The prevention of dental disease: changing your patients' behaviour.

EJ Kay; K Millar; AS Blinkhorn; JM Atkinson

The prevention of dental disease: changing your patients' behaviour.

EJ Kay
, K Millar
, AS Blinkhorn
, JM Atkinson

Peninsula Dental School

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Abstract

This article aims to give practitioners a framework to help their patients establish lasting and healthy dental habits and eliminate harmful ones. The advice given is practical rather than theoretical in nature, and is intended to assist dentists in the development of the appropriate skills, so as to be able to persuade their patients to change their behaviour and thereby control dental disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	245-248
Number of pages	0
Journal	Dent Update
Volume	18
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 1991

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Health Education
Dental
Humans
Motivation
Oral Hygiene
Patient Compliance

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The prevention of dental disease: changing your patients' behaviour.

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