Enhance Patient Communication

By Kim Attanasi, RDH, MS

Effective communication between dental hygienists and patients has long been recognized as an important component of quality oral health care.¹ Clinicians who focus on patients as people, instead of their health problems and management, will be much more successful in improving treatment outcomes and patient compliance.² Effective patient-provider communication helps to increase case acceptance, fosters clinician trust, and improves patient retention rates and oral health literacy.³

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