Purpose Person-centered care focuses on the whole person as a unique individual whose
perspective, as well as their family's perspective, is integrated into the provision of care. The …

Purpose: Social Intelligence refers to interpersonal relationships and a person's ability to
recognize and influence the emotions and motivations of another person. The purpose of …

Purpose Expansion of the dental hygiene body of knowledge offers options for the
profession; evolving conceptual models allow practitioners to choose an approach to client …

Purpose: The intent of this qualitative study was to construct a new theory for the discipline of
dental hygiene. Dental hygienists' experiences while participating in legislative efforts to …

This study sought to understand how patients' perceptions of the nature and manner of
communication with dental health professionals may impact their health self-management …

Evidence suggests that successful outcomes in health care treatment may be directly related
to the quality of the interpersonal relationship between the health care provider and the …

The importance of developing good dentist‐patient relationships has been well
documented, but previous studies have focused on social techniques, not considering the …

The present research developed the Self‐Regulation for Dental Home Care Questionnaire
(SRDHCQ), based on self‐determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), and used it in an …

Purpose To help achieve the goal of delivering quality care to the public, this study applied
the Theory of Reasoned Action to dental hygienists' self-assessment (appraisal of one's …

Teaching in the clinical dental hygiene setting entails not only clinical teaching skills and
content expertise but also the consideration of the role that emotions contribute to in the …