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Origins of childhood dental fear
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1995This study explored Rachman's theory of fear acquisition applied to fear of the dentist in a large sample of low income American primary school children. Children and their mother/guardians were interviewed or completed questionnaires in the home about fear acquisition and related concerns.
P, Milgrom +3 more
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Experience with Dental Pain and Fear of Dental Pain
Journal of Dental Research, 2005Anxious people tend to overestimate the intensity of aversive events such as fear and pain. When an aversive event has been experienced personally, prediction is based on experience and is possibly less subject to bias due to anxiety. Therefore, it was hypothesized that subjects will overestimate fear of specific dental pains relative to subjects who ...
van Wijk, A.J., Hoogstraten, J.
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Journal of Dental Research, 1972
Ratings of fear in the dental situation indicate that high fear and low fear patients rank the fears associated with the dental situation in about the same way (p = 0.98). Also, the attitude of the dentist is important to the patient, and may, partially, determine his attitude toward dentistry.
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Ratings of fear in the dental situation indicate that high fear and low fear patients rank the fears associated with the dental situation in about the same way (p = 0.98). Also, the attitude of the dentist is important to the patient, and may, partially, determine his attitude toward dentistry.
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Children's dental fear in relation to dental health and parental dental fear.
Stomatologija, 2013The aim was to (1) assess the proportion of children with dental fear, to (2) compare results obtained by a single fear question to those obtained by using a set of 11 fear questions, to (3) study associations between children's dental fear and their dental health, and to (4) compare children's dental fears to those of their parents.A cross-sectional ...
Jana, Olak +6 more
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Dental pessimism: Negative cognitions in fearful dental patients
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1984The relationship between pain expectations and pain experiences was examined in a series of dental patients. Results showed that fearless patients had accurate expectations about dental pain, but fearful patients had inaccurate and negative expectations. The results are discussed within the framework of a cognitive theory of anxiety.
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Predicting dental avoidance among dentally fearful Australian adults
European Journal of Oral Sciences, 2013Dental fear is related to poorer oral health outcomes, and this might be explained by the less frequent dental visiting of many fearful people. The objectives of this study were to investigate differences between dentally fearful people who regularly attend the dentist and fearful people who infrequently visit the dentist.
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A psychophysiological therapy for dental fear
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1984Abstract A partly automated method for treating dental fear and avoidance is outlined. The method combines a desensitization procedure with EMG biofeedback and cognitive reattribution. After therapy, 21 out of 24 patients suffering from severe dental fear were able to complete dental rehabilitation.
U, Berggren, S G, Carlsson
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Reduction of dental fear: psychophysiological correlates
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1986Abstract EMG, HR and SCR were continuously recorded during two Standardized Dental Examinations (SDE) of 15 dental phobics. Following the first SDE, the patients were assigned to two treatment groups, one receiving systematic desensitization followed by two separate amalgam restorations and one premedicated with Valium® for the two restorations.
S G, Carlsson +3 more
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Dental fear of Finnish children in the light of different measures of dental fear
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2005The aims were: (1) to examine the construct and reliability of the modified Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS) among children of different ages and (2) to compare the correlations between fear measured with the modified CFSS-DS, the "peak value for dental fear" (PV), and "fear of dental treatment in general" (GF).The study
Kari, Rantavuori +3 more
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Dentistry today, 2008
Collecting the answer to the 3 basic questions discussed above is both an art and a science that takes practice on the part of the doctor. Yet, by doing so, a treatment plan can be tailored that not only addresses the patient's motivators, but also considers their barriers to treatment.
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Collecting the answer to the 3 basic questions discussed above is both an art and a science that takes practice on the part of the doctor. Yet, by doing so, a treatment plan can be tailored that not only addresses the patient's motivators, but also considers their barriers to treatment.
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