Sasha Scambler is a Medical Sociologist and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at King’s College London Suzanne Scott is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at King’s College London Koula Asimakopoulou is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Reader in Health Psychology at King’s College London

�This new book represents a pioneering effort to bring important selected topics and practical examples from sociology and psychology to students of dentistry. Having participated in such a course at my own university, I can highly recommend this book.�William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama at Birmingham�This book comprehensively and critically discusses the application of health psychology and health sociology concepts to oral health. It is essential reading for oral health professionals and will help them introduce behavioural sciences in their everyday practice and also facilitate better understanding of the overall context of oral health care provision.�Georgios Tsakos, University College London

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Social Context of Oral Health and DiseaseChapter 2: Poverty, Inequality and Oral HealthChapter 3: Gender and Oral HealthChapter 4: Ethnicity and Oral HealthChapter 5: Oral Health in Later LifeChapter 6: Disability and Oral HealthChapter 7: Symptoms and Help-SeekingChapter 8: Adherence and Behaviour Change in Dental SettingsChapter 9: Stress and HealthChapter 10: Issues in Social PsychologyChapter 11: Pain and Dental AnxietyChapter 12: Communication in the Dental SurgeryChapter 13: The Dentist in SocietyReferences

Sasha Scambler is a Medical Sociologist and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at King’s College London Suzanne Scott is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at King’s College London Koula Asimakopoulou is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Reader in Health Psychology at King’s College London

�This new book represents a pioneering effort to bring important selected topics and practical examples from sociology and psychology to students of dentistry. Having participated in such a course at my own university, I can highly recommend this book.�William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama at Birmingham�This book comprehensively and critically discusses the application of health psychology and health sociology concepts to oral health. It is essential reading for oral health professionals and will help them introduce behavioural sciences in their everyday practice and also facilitate better understanding of the overall context of oral health care provision.�Georgios Tsakos, University College London

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Social Context of Oral Health and DiseaseChapter 2: Poverty, Inequality and Oral HealthChapter 3: Gender and Oral HealthChapter 4: Ethnicity and Oral HealthChapter 5: Oral Health in Later LifeChapter 6: Disability and Oral HealthChapter 7: Symptoms and Help-SeekingChapter 8: Adherence and Behaviour Change in Dental SettingsChapter 9: Stress and HealthChapter 10: Issues in Social PsychologyChapter 11: Pain and Dental AnxietyChapter 12: Communication in the Dental SurgeryChapter 13: The Dentist in SocietyReferences

Sasha Scambler is a Medical Sociologist and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at King’s College London Suzanne Scott is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at King’s College London Koula Asimakopoulou is a Chartered and HCPC-Registered Health Psychologist and Reader in Health Psychology at King’s College London

�This new book represents a pioneering effort to bring important selected topics and practical examples from sociology and psychology to students of dentistry. Having participated in such a course at my own university, I can highly recommend this book.�William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama at Birmingham�This book comprehensively and critically discusses the application of health psychology and health sociology concepts to oral health. It is essential reading for oral health professionals and will help them introduce behavioural sciences in their everyday practice and also facilitate better understanding of the overall context of oral health care provision.�Georgios Tsakos, University College London

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Social Context of Oral Health and DiseaseChapter 2: Poverty, Inequality and Oral HealthChapter 3: Gender and Oral HealthChapter 4: Ethnicity and Oral HealthChapter 5: Oral Health in Later LifeChapter 6: Disability and Oral HealthChapter 7: Symptoms and Help-SeekingChapter 8: Adherence and Behaviour Change in Dental SettingsChapter 9: Stress and HealthChapter 10: Issues in Social PsychologyChapter 11: Pain and Dental AnxietyChapter 12: Communication in the Dental SurgeryChapter 13: The Dentist in SocietyReferences