title: Risk communication in the dental practice.
abstract: The communication of risk in dental settings is a routine task that most clinicians are familiar with in their clinical encounters. However, work from medical settings has suggested that using this process in order to support health behaviour change in people may well be undermined by difficulties in understanding risk information, in presenting the information in a way that is clearly understood by the recipient and in the effects that such information may have for supporting further health behaviours by patients. This paper synthesises literature in the area that addresses these issues and explores approaches dental care professionals might consider when communicating risks in the dental surgery.
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Dental Institute, Division of Population and Patient Health, Social and Behavioural Sciences Group, Floor 18, Guy's Tower, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RW.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asimakopoulou
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Dental Institute, Division of Population and Patient Health, Social and Behavioural Sciences Group, Floor 18, Guy's Tower, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RW.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.affiliation: King's College London, Dental Institute, Division of Population and Patient Health, Social and Behavioural Sciences Group, Floor 18, Guy's Tower, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RW.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003729:Dental Care / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment