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 CommentaryOral hygiene improvement: a pragmatic approach based upon risk and motivation levelsHarold D Sgan-Cohen  Department of Community Dentistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel  author email corresponding author email
BMC Oral Health 2008,
8:31doi:10.1186/1472-6831-8-31
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11 November 2008 |
Abstract
Good oral hygiene has always been the cornerstone of public and private dental health promotion. However, this has often been based upon incorrect assumptions. The public is not always willing and does not always need to change its oral health behavior to the same extent as that expected by the dental profession. The present commentary emphasizes the need to modify oral hygiene instruction according to specific risk and motivation levels. Dentistry needs to be flexible in accepting new evidence-based modalities of oral health promotion. Dentists, dental hygienists and the entire health care team need to accept that the traditional methods of oral health education are not always effective. | 
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