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Health Behavior Research and Oral Health

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Handbook of Health Behavior Research IV

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For over four decades, health behavior research has been an important tool in understanding the actions of dental practitioners, patients, and administrators of oral health services. Early investigations of fluoridation of public water supplies provided information on health behaviors of organizers and policy makers at the community level. Following World Wa. II., there was increased interest in the characteristics of dentists and their practice activities and in the impact of practitioner behavior on oral health status, access, and cost. With the increasing availability of additional preventive strategies, such as topical fluoride applications and dental sealants, compliance with these new regimens on the part of the public, patients, and health care professionals was the object of considerable behavioral research (Richards & Cohen, 1971). The evolution of the profession from a treatment to a prevention orientation in the 1960s and 1970s brought increased interest in the organization of dental practices and the types of services provided, the employment of dental hygienists and auxiliary personnel, and dentist-patient interactions. Concurrently, as the population of the United States increased, there was a surge of interest in estimating the size and composition of the dental workforce. This increasing interest resulted in other thrusts for behavior research: understanding what type of health professional was attracted to dentistry, training the ideal dentist, assuring that appropriate practice strategies were developed and used, and expanding the function of dental auxiliaries.

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    B. Alexander White

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Gift, H.C., White, B.A. (1997). Health Behavior Research and Oral Health. In: Gochman, D.S. (eds) Handbook of Health Behavior Research IV. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0484-3_7

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