The View That Oral Health Problems Are Primarily the Patient's

question 9

Multiple Choice

The view that oral health problems are primarily the patient's problem and that the patient must be educated on how to improve oral health:

• A)is doomed to failure because it skips directly to a generic intervention.
• B)is recommended because it is a cognitive approach.
• C)does not assess or validate the patient's point of view or health beliefs.
• D)a and c

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