Periodontal disease has recently become one of the major public health problems of harming human oral health. Improving the consciousness of self protection is the key factor for prevention of periodontal disease. As the change of the traditional medical model, the new intervention model based on the bio-psycho-social viewpoint shows enormous potential on improving the ability of oral health self-prevention. Promotion the effect on dental health practice and oral health awareness through psychological intervention is widely studied in recent years. The objective of this review is to evaluate the role of psychological intervention models especially the self-effective mode in the treatment and prevention of periodontal disease, and then in order to provide the theoretical basis of periodontal disease comprehensive intervention in the future.
