title: Patient susceptibility limits to the effectiveness of preventive oral health education.
abstract: A preventive oral health care regimen will not succeed for every dental patient. Instruction probably will not be effective unless the patient has a good general attitude toward all his health habits. Dentists who have developed a preventive program should individualize the treatment to obtain maximum patient susceptibility.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006184:Habits; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors