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Anxiety Control in the Dental Patient
Dental Clinics of North America, 2012Oral sedation with benzodiazepines and anxiolysis with nitrous oxide are 2 effective methods to help alleviate anxiety and fear of dental procedures. Many patients would prefer to have their dentistry performed with sedation if it were offered to them.
Orrett E, Ogle, Marc B, Hertz
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Dimensionality of dental anxiety measurements
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1985Abstract A survey among 620, 30–40‐yr‐olds, was carried out in order to measure dental anxiety with Corah's DAS, Weiner's AALC, and some other questions on anxiety, among which was the duration of psychophysiologic responses prior to a dental appointment. The data were analyzed with a Non Metric Components analysis.
A H, Schuurs +5 more
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Strategies for Combating Dental Anxiety
Journal of Dental Education, 2004Dental anxiety and subsequent avoidance of dental care and deterioration of oral health pose a significant problem for the dental profession. In an attempt to elucidate preferences of anxious dental patients, we gathered survey data from 121 persons at a small, private liberal arts college in the mid‐Atlantic region of the United States.
Lyndsay C, Bare, Lauren, Dundes
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Sociodemographic correlates of dental anxiety
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1985Abstract— In a survey comprising 620 30–40‐yr‐old inhabitants of a Dutch town. dental anxiety was measured along with some sociodemographic variables. The data were analyzed in an attempt to reveal associations between sociodemographically determined groups of respondents and their scores on the different measurements of dental anxiety.
A H, Schuurs +5 more
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
The variety of patients with dental anxiety is large. A classification is made containing four types of patients, using criteria related to fear complexity and specificity. Analysing the issues provoking dental fear, the anxiety for loss of control is a major one.
J, Bergsma +2 more
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The variety of patients with dental anxiety is large. A classification is made containing four types of patients, using criteria related to fear complexity and specificity. Analysing the issues provoking dental fear, the anxiety for loss of control is a major one.
J, Bergsma +2 more
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Historical antecedents of dental anxiety
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1984Our data are based on retrospective self-reported answers of college students. To what extent do these answers accurately reflect the feelings of an actual clinical sample of dental patients? Although there is little direct evidence, a number of observations suggest that in the area of dental anxiety, college populations closely approximate the self ...
D S, Scott, R, Hirschman, K, Schroder
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Prevalence of dental anxiety in the Netherlands
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1990Abstract The main purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety in the Netherlands by means of both a nationwide representative sample and a valid measurement instrument. The secondary aim was to discriminate between patients with high and low levels of dental anxiety on the basis of socioeconomic and oral health variables ...
M E, Stouthard, J, Hoogstraten
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Patient anxiety and dental practice
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1976Causes for anxiety in visiting the dentist, plus guidelines on how the dentist can control these anxieties are discussed. Pain is not the sole reason for fear of the dentist. Anxiety, or fear of the unknown, is a major factor, partly because the oral cavity is such an emotionally charged area of the body.
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An assessment of dental anxiety in children
British Dental Journal, 1991The aims of this study were to assess child behaviour in a dental surgery and to isolate the variables most closely associated with lack of cooperation by means of a questionnaire/interview. Sixty-five children aged 6-18 years, who had been referred to one dentist because of poor cooperation, formed the study group.
N P, Alwin, J J, Murray, P G, Britton
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Cognitive processes in dental anxiety
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985While waiting for treatment in a dental hospital clinic, 146 patients completed questionnaires designed to measure their anxiety and cognitions about dental treatment. Both attendance pattern (regular versus irregular) and anxiety levels were related to the patients' perceptions of the likelihood of negative events, and highly ...
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