A patient does not respond to efforts designed to develop healthier dietary patterns; the dental hygienist should:

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Effective nutritional education involves the patient and the dental professional working together to define the diet or dental problem and formulate solutions.An education session in which the dental professional points out negative behavior is not conducive to learning.The best strategy to help patients who seem noncompliant is to determine what obstacles may be preventing change from occurring.Repeating dire consequences and continuing in the same mode will likely fail.Reprimanding or dismissing the patient are obviously unacceptable behaviors for a health care provider.

A Patient Does Not Respond to Efforts Designed to Develop