Adherence in dental settings.
Adherence is of central importance to promoting positive oral health behaviours. Understanding the processes involved in behaviour change and how change may be sustained is essential to support patients to change their behaviour successfully. We review the concept of adherence, the oral health behaviours of interest to the dental team and how change around these behaviours is currently managed. Theoretical models of behaviour change are reviewed and their possible implications for every day practice described.


CONCLUSIONS
This paper will help the dental team to understand the processes involved in behaviour change and support their patients to adopt and sustain positive oral health behaviours.
Asimakopoulou
Koula
K
Oral Health Workforce and Education Group, King's College London Dental Institute, Caldecot Road, London SE5 9RW, UK.
Daly
Blánaid
B
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003729:Dental Care; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010349:Patient Compliance