As dental assistants, a large part of our job entails patient education. At times, it can be very challenging to try to inspire our patients to work a little
harder on their dental home care routine, which includes nutritional factors.
Discuss what you feel would be some good ways to motivate your patient in
regards to making a change with their oral hygiene strategy. Consider whether
we need to adapt our approach on a case by case basis and if so, discuss how
you would identify each patient's motivators.