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Dental fear and anxiety in an older adult population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1991
Abstract A random sample of 580 people aged between 50 and 89 yr completed a questionnaire containing two measures of dental fear and anxiety. One of these was Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and the other a scale derived from the Structured Interview for Assessing Dental Fear (SIADF).
David Locker, David Burman, Andrée Liddell   +2 more
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Evaluation and assessment of dental fear and anxiety

Journal of Advances in Dental Practice and Research
The aim of this study is to evaluate and assess the knowledge of dental fear and anxiety among general population. A prospective cross-sectional study involving 400 participants was conducted among the general population. The validated questionnaire
Manjiri Kiran Datey, Samruddhi Karale, Alka M. Dive   +2 more
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General fearfulness, attitudes to dental care, and dental anxiety in adolescents

European Journal of Oral Sciences, 2013
The etiology of dental anxiety (DA) may involve a spectrum of factors related to past dental experiences, general and specific fears, and other personality factors, but is relatively unexplored in adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine how general fearfulness and attitudes to dental care/personnel were related to DA in 15‐yr‐old subjects ...
Agneta Stenebrand, Ulla Wide Boman, Magnus Hakeberg   +2 more
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The Dental Anxiety Scale and Effects of Dental Fear on Salivary Cortisol

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2005
Only a few studies have investigated use of the Dental Anxiety Scale in dental fear-induced neuroendocrine changes. The present study examined 19 female patients, each at two timepoints across an educational and a treatment session within a periodontitis therapy.
Manfred Schedlowski, Mike S. Exton, Tillmann H.C. Krueger, Philip Haake, Berthold P. Hauffa, Heinz-Werner Heller   +5 more
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Dental Anxiety, Fear and Anxiety of Performing Dental Treatments among Dental Students during Clinical Studies

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, 2020
Purpose: Dental student’s dental anxiety may negatively affect patient’s attitude towards dental treatment. We evaluated dental anxiety among dental students in different clinical stage of their studies. We assessed the student’s anxiety prior to treating patients. Study design: A cross-sectional study.
Sigalit Blumer, Native Yukler, Benjamin Peretz, Sagit Nissan   +3 more
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Work along both lines: a modified model of the vicious circle of Dental Fear and Anxiety (DFA)

Journal of Clinical Technology and Theory
Dental Fear and Anxiety (DFA) manifests as anxiety and fear symptoms specifically associated with dental treatment. This review article conducts a comprehensive analysis of the etiological factors and clinical implications of DFA, dissects the underlying
Yuqi Li, Yiting Zhang, Jie Huang, Xiaoying Wu, Wenfei Hu, Yangke Zhao   +5 more
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Changes in dental fear and its relations to anxiety and depression in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.

European Journal of Oral Sciences, 2020
This study aimed to: (i) evaluate short-term changes in dental fear during a 9-month period among women and men, and (ii) evaluate whether the course and magnitude of changes in dental fear were associated with changes in depression and anxiety.
Outi Hagqvist, M. Tolvanen, Kari Rantavuori, L. Karlsson, H. Karlsson, S. Lahti   +5 more
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Disgust sensitivity, blood–injection–injury fear, and dental anxiety

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 1999
The present studies evaluated whether high disgust sensitivity is associated with high levels of blood-injection-injury (BII) fear. The first study found no evidence for a connection between disgust sensitivity and BII fear in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 1.66). In contrast, the second study did find a significant correlation between disgust
Merckelbach, H., Muris, P., de Jong, P.J., de Jongh, A.   +3 more
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Dental fear and anxiety in an adult Icelandic population

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 1998
This study was carried out on a random sample drawn from participants in a population-based survey in Reykjavík, Iceland. The sample consisted of 1548 people, men and women, born in 1914-63 (age range, 25-74 years) who lived in and around Reykjavík and a rural area in southern Iceland.
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Childhood fear and anxiety states in relation to dental treatment

Australian Dental Journal, 1979
Abstract— —Five years experience by the authors in organizing a dental psychology clinic has impressed on them that many excessively fearful child patients have a history of untoward dental and medical experiences which might have been prevented.A background to an understanding of fear and anxiety in children is presented, and two cases are described ...
Ira T. Smith, John P. Brown
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