A New Introduction to Social and Behavioural Sciences in Dentistry

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This introductory text to social and behavioural sciences as applied to dentistry encourages a deeper awareness of the role of social and psychological issues in the daily lives of dentists and patients. It approaches the study of social and behavioural sciences in new and innovative ways, challenging current understandings and redressing the balance between social and psychological perspectives in oral health.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Social and Behavioural Sciences for Dentistry

Chapter 1 Introduction: An Outline of the Social and Behavioural Sciences

Section 1 Basic social scientific aspects of oral health

Chapter 2 Social aspects of oral health

Chapter 3 Social structure and oral health

Chapter 4 Social factors and Dental Practice

Chapter 5 Access to oral health

Section 2 Basic behavioural aspects and oral health

Chapter 6 Psychological aspects of learning: how we learn to be afraid of the dentist

Chapter 7 Memory and perception

Chapter 8 Theories of Motivation: Dentistry and behaviour

Chapter 9 Social Psychology

Chapter 10 Psychological approaches to health related behaviour

Chapter 11 Cognitive development

Chapter 12 Abnormal psychology

Section 3 Critical issues in social, behavioural sciences and oral health

Chapter 13 The discipline of dentistry

Chapter 14 Food choice, diet nutrition and oral health

Chapter 15 Dentist-patient communication

Chapter 16 Youth lifestyles and oral health

Chapter 17 The sociology of science, critical issues in evidence based dentistry

Chapter 18 Oral Health Related Quality of life and socio dental indicators a social and behavioural perspective

Chapter 20 Risk and the risk society: implications for dentistry

Author/Editor Biography

Barry Gibson is Lecturer in Medical Sociology at the Department of Oral Health and Development, School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield.

Tim Newton works in the Department of Oral Health Services Research and Dental Public Health at the Guy's Kings and St Thomas' Dental Institute, London.

David Locker is a Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada.