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The Weekend Read – The Scientific Basis of Oral Health Education
By alun | June 14, 2009
Now in its sixth edition this slim volume by Ronnie Levine and Catherine Stillman-Lowe was released during the last couple of months.
Described as “an essential document for all those involved in providing oral health education to the public” I cannot praise it enough. During my visits to dental practices and conversations with teams I am surprised by how many old (and new) “wives tales” are taken as fact and passed on without question.
The contents of this book should be required knowledge to everyone who deals with dental patients in any role whatsoever, it is compact enough and its 12 chapters brief enough to make them the starting point for a string of topics during staff meetings. Let’s face it if you and your team aren’t familiar with the nuts and bolts of disease control and prevention how will you be able to be at one convincing your patients of the benefits of treatment?
It’s available online from the BDA shop www.bda.org/shop/index.aspx
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