Amalgamation of Behavioral Science in Oral Health Care

Abstract

Oral health is crucially dependent on behaviours such as dietary behaviour, daily oral self-care, dental attendance, dental anxiety. Behavioural and social factors are significantly impact oral health. It is important for dental practitioners, educators and researchers to understand how these factors can be modified as well as how to develop high quality interventions to handle psychological and social challenges. Behavioural interventions are those that instruct individuals about good oral health and disease management practices. This lecture will discuss about the updated conceptual and methodological tools and the potent psychosocial oral health interventions such as motivational interviewing to various communities and populations. Behavioral oral health interventions in children will be more focused.