The social sciences and dentistry: Current influence and future opportunity

Harnessing the behavioral and social sciences to promote oral health: Where do we go from here?

“…The articles included in the special issue provide historical perspectives and essential background on key topics; review contemporary thinking and recent advances in the field; highlight the debates and gaps that remain; and suggest future directions and priority areas that should be the foci of research over the next several years or decades. This collection of articles joins a body of literature that emerged in the 1960s and since grew considerably in global representation, size and impact (for accounts of early work, see [1][2][3][4] ).…”

Introduction to the special issue: Advancing the behavioural and social sciences to promote oral health

“…In the first 50 or so years of this organized scientific approach, many seminal articles (e.g. Social Science and Medicine ; 8 Journal of Dental Research ; 9 International Dental Journal 10 ) were published, special journal issues were organized (e.g. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 11 ), and books were released (e.g.…”