Face-to-face tailored messages have a positive effective on health behaviours
Providing effective health education is a core role for health practitioners. This review looked at the effectiveness of face-to-face delivered tailored health messages on patient behaviour and...
View ArticleMotivational intervention integrated into the care of vulnerable patients...
The use of illicit drugs or alcohol(substance using) is a most common precipitator of facial injuries among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Reducing these risky behaviours could improve...
View ArticleOral health advice for people with serious mental illness
The aim of this review from the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group was to assess the effectiveness of oral health advice in reducing morbidity, mortality and preserving the quality of life in people with...
View ArticlePrenatal education reduced mutans streptococci levels and sugar intake
Mutans streptococci (mutans) have an important role in dental caries. Individuals having high levels of these organisms being considered to be a higher risk of disease. The aim of this study was to...
View ArticleText messaging may improve oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices
The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of delivery oral health messages by text messages and pamphlets to mothers of pre-school children. The study was conducted in India and restricted...
View ArticleProviding mothers with information on managing teething symptoms reduced...
The appearance of primary teeth ( teething) is a natural process yet for many years it has been associated with a range of health problems in infants and young children. It also causes worry an...
View ArticleTailored approaches to oral health education for non surgical periodontal...
This cost effectiveness study is based on a data from a randomised controlled trial published by Jönsson et al (2010), that trial compared an individually tailored oral health educational programme...
View ArticleImplementation of an oral health care protocol led to short term improvements...
With an increasing proportion of the population living longer and retaining their teeth into old age ensuring that they are maintained in good oral health is important. However,the literature indicates...
View ArticleOral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities – updated guidance
Updated Clinical Guidelines and Integrated Care Pathways for the Oral Health Care of People with Learning Disabilities are now available from the British Society for Disability and Oral Health (BSDH)....
View ArticleReview suggests that motivational interviewing may have potential for...
Good oral health can be achieved and maintained by compliance with preventive and curative measures and effective self-care. However, adherence to positive behaviours such as toothbrushing, interdental...
View ArticleLimited evidence on the benefit of providing oral healthcare education to...
Oral care is an important element of care for older people in care homes as oral health is often poor and can deteriorate rapidly causing pain discomfort and impacting on nutrition and quality of life....
View ArticleThe use of motivational interviewing to improve oral health has potential but...
The use of motivational interviewing is increasing in dentistry and the recent SIGN guideline (Dental Elf 18th March 2014) recommended that oral health promotion interventions should be based on...
View ArticleOral health promotion during pregnancy: little evidence available
This review of oral health promotion in pregnancy included 7 studies with the majority (5) focused on improving knowledge. The description of the interventions was generally vague and just one was...
View ArticleOral health promotion in dental practices
44 studies were included in the review of oral health promotion in dental practice that was undertaken to the recent NICE guidance on this topic. The results of this review suggest that the psychology...
View ArticleOral health advice for people with serious mental illness: lack of evidence...
This Cochrane review update of oral health advice for patients with serious mental illness only included 3 RCTs. The identified studies were of low to moderate quality providing limited evidence to...
View ArticleOral Health in nursing homes: education for staff and residents
9 trials were included in this Cochrane review of oral health education & training for care home residents & staff . These trials provided insufficient evidence from which to draw evidence...
View ArticleComputer games for oral health education in young children
This small RCT of a computer game to deliver oral health education in high caries risk children and families was highly satisfactory to users. Improvements in knowledge were demonstrated is the short...
View ArticleCaries prevention in young children: topical fluoride alone not sufficient...
This large trial investigated the use of a 'preventive package' of fluoride varnish, fluoride toothpaste, toothbrush and standard dental health education in children between 2-3 years attending general...
View ArticleSchool-based oral health education only has short term impact
This review of school-based oral health education included 12 trials and found it was effective in reducing plaque accumulation over a short period. there was no long-term evidence on the...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing for adolescent oral health
This large well-conducted 3-arm cluster RCT compared motivational interviewing(MI) with prevailing health education. Both MI arms of the study were more effective in eliciting positive changes in...
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