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9611440

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Achieving oral health for the client is the goal of dental hygiene practice. The two major threats to oral health, dental caries and periodontal disease, can almost always be controlled if clients adopt appropriate oral health behaviours. A review of the literature indicates that many factors determine whether or not a client will adopt appropriate oral health behaviours. These factors include demographics, socialization, emotional status, perceptions and dental beliefs. Determining a client's attitudes towards oral health requires the active participation of both the client and the dental hygienist. Interview techniques borrowed from participatory and ethnographic research can be used during the assessment phase of the dental hygiene process to allow the dental hygienist to systematically explore the factors that may affect the practice of preventive oral health behaviours. Data gathered during this phase can then be used in the planning phase of the dental hygiene process to develop a strategy which is specifically designed to meet the assessed needs of the individual client.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0834-1494
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Understanding the determinants of preventive oral health behaviours.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review