SynthesisBritish dental journal2016
Motivational interviewing in general dental practice: A review of the evidence.
Synthesis in British dental journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04871373 (The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Oral Hygiene Behavior in Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliances), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Oral Hygiene Behavior in Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliances: A Randomised Clinical Trial
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- One-to-one oral hygiene advice provided in a dental setting for oral health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- School based oral health education.Evidence-based dentistry · 2018Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Effect of Individualized Oral Health Care Training Provided to 6-16-Year-Old Psychiatric In-Patients-Randomized Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION IN PATIENTS WITH MORBID OBESITY AFTER GASTROPLASTY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2019Trial
- Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Investigating The Impact of Implementation Planning on Behaviour Related to The Diet.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Dietary Assessment and Advice in the Paediatric Population Attending Dental Clinics: A Scoping Review.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Policy Options to Complement the New Canadian Dental Program Enabling High Quality Care for People With Disabilities and Older Adults.Gerodontology · 2025Review
- Soft skills in dental student curricula: an evidence and gap map.BMC medical education · 2025Review
- Long-term effects of motivational interviewing vs. traditional counseling on dog owners' adherence to veterinary dental home care: a three-year follow-up study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Dental professionals' views on motivational interviewing for the prevention of dental caries with adolescents in central Norway.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Study of the Benefits and Utility of Brief Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of motivational interviewing on the oral health of leukemic children and oral health care knowledge, attitude and practice of their mothers: a hospital-based intervention.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Health Coaching-Based Interventions for Oral Health Promotion: A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Adolescents' experiences of a theory-based behavioural intervention for improved oral hygiene: A qualitative interview study.International journal of dental hygiene · 2022Article
- Evidence-Based Caries Management for All Ages-Practical Guidelines.Frontiers in oral health · 2021Review
- Comparison of oral health behaviour between dental and non-dental undergraduates in a university in southwestern China--exploring the future priority for oral health education.BMC oral health · 2020Article
- Changing the Focus to the Whole Patient instead of One Oral Disease: The Concept of Individualized Prevention.Advances in preventive medicine · 2020Review
- Management of plaque in people experiencing homelessness using 'peer education': a pilot study.British dental journal · 2019Article
- Child Dental Caries - A Global Problem of Inequality.EClinicalMedicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Objectives The objective of this study was to systematically review the evidence regarding the use of motivational interviewing in the context of general dental practice, in order that practitioners can decide whether it might be an important skill to develop within their practices.Data sources The results reported in this study form part of a larger systematic review which sought to identify whether oral health promotion within dental practice is effective and how its effects can be optimised. Here, we focus on the papers describing motivational interviewing in dental practice published since 1994. The systematic review included searches of 20 online resources (including Ovid Medline and Embase).Data selection Papers which were not about oral health promotion and did not apply the behavioural and psychological theories, which underpin motivational interviewing, were excluded.Data synthesis This review included eight papers all of which were considered to be of robust quality, in terms of their research methods and seven of which were considered to offer externally valid findings. Five described randomised controlled trials and all of these RCTs demonstrated that interventions including motivational interviewing had a positive effect on oral health and health behaviour.Conclusions This review shows that the motivational interviewing technique, which is based on the concept of autonomy support, has potential for helping patients with poor oral health. Training in motivational interviewing for dental personnel could be a very useful addition to the skill set of practitioners and dental teams.
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