Risk communication in the dental practice

Key Points Provides an overview of risk communication literature. Highlights the difficulties in communication clinicians might face. Sets out a research agenda for the area. The communication of risk in dental settings is a routine task that most clinicians are familiar with in their clinical encou...

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Published in:British dental journal 2016-01, Vol.220 (2), p.77-80
Main Authors: Asimakopoulou, K., Rhodes, G., Daly, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Communication
Dental Care - adverse effects
Dental Care - methods
Dentist-Patient Relations
Dentistry
Health Behavior
Humans
Informed Consent
Medicine
Mouth Diseases - etiology
Risk Assessment
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Summary:Key Points Provides an overview of risk communication literature. Highlights the difficulties in communication clinicians might face. Sets out a research agenda for the area. The communication of risk in dental settings is a routine task that most clinicians are familiar with in their clinical encounters. However, work from medical settings has suggested that using this process in order to support health behaviour change in people may well be undermined by difficulties in understanding risk information, in presenting the information in a way that is clearly understood by the recipient and in the effects that such information may have for supporting further health behaviours by patients. This paper synthesises literature in the area that addresses these issues and explores approaches dental care professionals might consider when communicating risks in the dental surgery.
ISSN:0007-0610
1476-5373
DOI:10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.58