The effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing (MI) to change health behaviors is well
documented. Previous studies support use of MI to change oral health behaviors in the areas of …

Purpose: Manual toothbrushes (MTBs) and power toothbrushes (PTBs) are effective oral
physiotherapy aids for plaque removal. End-rounded bristles are safer and reduce damage to …

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person–centered, goal–directed method of communication
for eliciting and strengthening intrinsic motivation for behavior change. Originally …

Purpose: The purpose of this preliminary study was to examine the relationship of caries risk,
salivary buffering capacity, salivary pH, salivary quality (flow, consistency) and levels of …

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe the process and outcomes of a collaborative,
comprehensive preventive oral health program between the University of Missouri-…

Purpose: The aim of this mixed-methods longitudinal study was to assess student
perceptions of technology use, and to examine the relationship between technology use and …

Purpose Allied dental health care professionals have served on disaster victim identification
(DVI) teams; however, the literature is void of statistical measures regarding transferable …

Dental records are used to aid in the identification of individuals who are victims of criminal
acts, murder investigations, mass fatalities or missing persons. 1 The confirmation of a …

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centered, goal-directed method of communication
for eliciting and strengthening intrinsic motivation for behavior change. Originally developed …

Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of an antigen-specific Streptococcus mutans (S.
mutans) chairside test to a culture based S. mutans test. Methods: Fifty-three patients receiving …