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Multiple approaches to the reduction of dental fear
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1982Participant modeling, symbolic modeling, and graduated exposure were compared with each other and with two control treatments for effectiveness in reducing fear of dentistry in 33 adults who had avoided dental treatment for from 1 to 10 yr. Assessment of in-chair psychological responsiveness and overt behavior showed no significant pre-post change for ...
Ronald A. Kleinknecht +1 more
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Analogue measurement of dental fear
Australian Psychologist, 1989Reliability and validity data are presented for the dental fear thermometer, an analogue scale of dental fear. Test-retest reliability over approximately two months was 0.78. Correlations with the Corah, Gale, and Illig (1978) Dental Anxiety Scale and with estimates of dental fear made by dentists were 0.61 and 0.49 respectively.
Gordon Stanley, Ronald Francis
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FOUR DIMENSIONS OF FEAR OF DENTAL INJECTIONS
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1997In 1995, students and staff at the University of Washington were surveyed regarding avoidance of dental care and fear of dental injections. More than 25 percent of adults surveyed expressed at least one clinically significant fear of injections. Almost one in 20 respondents indicated avoiding, cancelling or not appearing for dental appointments because
Tracy Getz +4 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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European journal of paediatric dentistry, 2002
The aim of the present study was to assess the structure of childhood dental fear, using the Dutch parent's version of the Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS) and to report on its validity.Factor analysis (principal components, varimax rotation) was performed using the scores of a group of high fearful children (n=322 ...
ten Berge, M. +3 more
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The aim of the present study was to assess the structure of childhood dental fear, using the Dutch parent's version of the Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS) and to report on its validity.Factor analysis (principal components, varimax rotation) was performed using the scores of a group of high fearful children (n=322 ...
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Psychosocial consequences of dental fear and anxiety
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2003Abstract –Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the negative psychosocial impacts of dental anxiety in a sample of dentally fearful and anxious individuals recruited from the general population. The associations between psychosocial impacts, dental anxiety scale (DAS) scores and other severe fears were explored.Methods: One hundred and ...
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The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1988
Murray Wexler, Nathan Friedman
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Murray Wexler, Nathan Friedman
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Dental anxiety, fear and phobia
Dental Nursing, 2017As a dental therapist, with many years of clinical experience, managing the anxious and phobic patient has become a major part of Christine Maclevy's work. Here, in the first of two articles, she shares some insights
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