The psychology of dental patient care. 10. Strategies for motivating the non-compliant patient.
Both the dental health professional and the patient are responsible for the patient's failure to act on advice, the subsequent failure of treatment and worsening oral health. This paper looks at what can cause the failure and suggests various new ways of helping a previously non-compliant patient maintain their oral health.
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School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods; D017211:Treatment Failure