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manner in which an individual acts or performs
behavior
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apporoach to correct undesirable behavior through systematic manipulation of environemtnal and behavior variables; treatment procedure for certatin mental and physical disorders
behavior modifications
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verbal or nonverbal interaction or interchange; nonverbal, without spoken words, may be accomplished through pictures, gestures, facial expressions or posture
communication
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extent to which a person's health behaviors conicide with dental/medical health advice; also called adherence
compliance
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the provision of oral health information to people in such a way that they can apply it in everyday living
dental health education
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difficulty in swallowing
dysphagia
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appraisal of changes in a patients behavior or oral health status that have resulted from interventions by the professional healthcare personnel
evaluation
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imaginary halitosis; constatn fear of having bad breath; sometimes realted to an underlying psychiatric condition
halitophobia
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comibination of learning opportuniteis planned to facilitate the reinforce voluntary behavior conducive to the health of hte individual or group
health education
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planned combination of educational, economic, orgainizational or environmental support for actions conducive to health of individuals or groups
health promotion
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acquiring knowledge or skills through study, instruction or experience
learning
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the domain of learning concerned with attitudes, interests and appreciations
affective domain
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the domain of learning concerend with knowledge outcomes and intellectual abilities
congitive domain
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the domain of learning concerned with levels of motor skills
psychomotor domain
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the task of establishing, maintaining and enhancing patient relationship so that the goals of the patient the group or the community can be achieved
marketing
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inner drive force that prompts an individual to act to satisfy a need or desire or to accomplish a particular goal
motivation
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failure to carry out a prescribed healthcare plan, for example failure to take medications as prescribed
noncompliance
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stimulating any of the organs of sensation, susceptible to a sensory stimulus
organoleptic
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sum total of the efforts to promote, restore and maintain the oral health of the individual
preventive dental hygiene
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enzymatic decomposition, especially of proteins with the production of foul smelling compounds such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and mercaptans
putrefaction
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hydrogen sulfide; methylmercaptan and to a lesser exent dimethyl sufide and dimethyl disulfide produced by microbial metabolism and which create oral malodor
volatile sulfur compounds VSCs
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producing or causing dry mouth
xerogenic
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process of being widely spread
diffusion
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refers to the ability of a disclosing agent to spread readily over a tooth surface and flow into the interproximal areas
diffusibility
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selective dy in solution tablet or lozenge form used to visualize and identify dental biofilm on the surfaces of the teeth
disclosing agent
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rose colored dye used for preparing histologic specimens for microscopic study; companion dye with hematoxylin for well knonwn H and E that stains nuclei blue and cytoplasm pink
eosion
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red colored dye used in solution or tablet form for a disclosing agent in the identification of dental biofilm on teeth
erythrosin
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united states food, drug and comsemtic act regulates the packaging labeling imiporting and exporting of such products as disclosing agents
F D and C
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bright yellow fluorescing dye effective for disclosing dental biofiolm on teeth; used in ophthalmology to reveal corneal lesions of the eye
fluoorescein
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