Patient susceptibility limits to the effectiveness of preventive oral health education

The Effect of Health Beliefs on the Compliance of Periodontal Patients with Oral Hygiene Instructions

“…The degree to which a given patient complies with oral hygiene instructions is of more importance than the choice of any special treatment method.1-4 On the other hand, many authors emphasize the lack of a reliable method to improve patient compliance. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] confirms this view by saying: "I have a major criticism of all the work that has been done on biology and treatment of periodontal disease however painstaking and accurate it has been. My criticism is that such research is of no practical use unless supplemented by even more detailed painstaking and accurate research on health and social behavior."…”