Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice [Paperback]

Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice presents an overview of health behavior change, focusing on the spirit of motivational interviewing. Targeting the clinical application of the principles, the book applies lessons learned from the field of general and behavioral medicine to the dental practice. By presenting a series of clinical examples and accompanying dialogue, the book guides the reader in using motivational interviewing techniques as tools for oral hygiene education, tobacco use cessation, and dietary counseling. Health Behavior Change in the Dental Practice supports the trend towards risk management in oral health care, offering practical guidance to promote health behavior change in patients.Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

1. Introduction to Health Behavior Change for the Dental Practice

Health Care in the Twenty-first Century

The Opportunity in the Dental Setting

Adop tion and Integration of Health Behavior Change

The Role and Responsibility of the Dental Professional

Collaborative Care Toward Whole Health

References

2. The Challenge of Behavior Change

Introduction

Behavior Change: Some Key Concepts

The Patient’s Perspective

The Clinician’s Perspective

Understanding Health Behavior Change

Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory

The Health Belief Model

Theory of Planned Behavior

The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change

Self-Determination Theory

Summary

References

3. Communication and Health Behavior ChanglS$