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March 29, 2026Dental Update0 citations

Health Literacy in Dentistry: Overview and Toolkit for Dental Teams

Health literacy in dentistry: an overview and toolkit

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Overview

An overview outlines health literacy's impact on oral health, suggesting a toolkit for dental teams.

Key Points

  • This article aims to create a toolkit to help dental teams improve patient understanding of health information.
  • Review of current literature on health literacy in dentistry.
  • Development of a toolkit for dental teams to simplify patient information.
  • Identification of adjustments to enhance understanding of health-related information.
  • Up to half of the population struggles with understanding health-related information.
  • Improved patient comprehension can lead to better dental health outcomes.
  • Prescribing adjustments helps mitigate economic and legal risks for dental practices.
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Serena Doran (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c2d1de0f0f753b39d4a8https://doi.org/10.12968/denu.2026.53.1.20
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