title: Motivational interviewing for dental clinicians.
abstract: Motivational interviewing (MI) is a patient-centred, directive, therapeutic approach that supports patients' readiness to change by exploring their ambivalence about doing so. This increases the patients' motivation and helps them to commit to the process of change. In relation to dentistry, MI has been effectively used to: promote oral health behaviour; facilitate smoking cessation; and, alter health behaviours.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trace
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziada
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crowley
mesh_terms: D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000193:education; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004497:Education, Dental; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D062405:Motivational Interviewing / Q000379:methods*; D009909:Oral Health; D016540:Smoking Cessation