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A psychodynamic theory for dental phobia

British Dental Journal, 1998
Dentists recognise various degrees of dental anxiety in their patients. There are those who are relaxed, those who are anxious and those who are dentally phobic. The question remains why should disagreeable dental experiences result in dental anxiety in one patient, have little effect upon another and cause dental phobia in a third?
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Overcoming dental phobia

Dental Nursing, 2018
Dentist Dr Mervyn Druian and dental nurse Nina Tetra talk Gaby Bissett through a system that has revolutionised the way they treat nervous patients in their practice
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Dimensions of the Dental Fear Survey among patients with dental phobia

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 1997
The aims of this study were to analyze and assess dimensions of the Dental Fear Survey (DFS), which has been developed to measure dental fears and phobias. The present study of 313 dental-phobic individuals analyzed the DFS in a factor analysis using an exploratory (EFA) and a confirmatory (CFA) factor analysis to show dimensions and latent variables ...
Magnus Hakeberg, Ulf Berggren
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Dental anxiety, fear and phobia

Dental Nursing, 2017
As 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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Management of dental fear, anxiety and phobia

Dental Nursing, 2014
Patients are often fearful, anxious or even phobic about visiting the dentist. This can be approached in a number of ways and patients should be assessed to find the most suitable option. If dental anxiety is managed, patient outcomes can be greatly improved
Richard Charon, Chris Charon
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Dental phobia in dentistry patients.

Minerva stomatologica, 2008
This study evaluated the presence of current and general phobia and anxiety symptoms in periodontology patients just before treatment in relation to specific dental fears and to general health status and quality of life.The study population was all consecutive outpatients attending the Periodontics and Implantology Services, School of Dentistry ...
BELLINI, MAURIZIO   +5 more
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Fear reduction in patients with dental treatment phobia

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2000
In a clinical trial, we examined short- and medium-term reduction of dental fear in patients with dental phobia. Ninety-one patients selected one of two treatments or no intervention before oral surgery (control group). One group comprised a one-session psychological treatment and included 25 patients. The second group chose oral selected midazolam and
P. Gängler   +4 more
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Mental Retrieval of Treatment Context in Dental Phobia

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2012
Background: The effect of mental retrieval of an exposure session was investigated during a follow-up examination in dental phobia patients. Method: The exposure session took place at the psychology unit and the follow-up a week later at the dental clinic prior to dental treatment while patients were seated in the dental chair.
Andre Wannemüller   +4 more
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Development of a hospital‐based dental phobia clinic

Special Care in Dentistry, 1988
SummaryThe formation of a hospital‐based dental phobia clinic requires little initial outlay in terms of capital. It can provide badly needed care by accessing a group of patients that have not been able to receive dental care. A dental phobia clinic cam provide an additional facet of training to house staff and attending staff, using existing ...
J. Gordon Rubin, Andrew S. Kaplan
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Clinical implications of panic symptoms in dental phobia

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2014
The occurrence of panic symptoms in various anxiety disorders has been associated with more severely impaired and difficult-to-treat cases, but this has not been investigated in dental phobia. We examined the clinical implications of panic symptoms related to sub-clinical and clinically significant dental phobia.
Carrie M. Potter   +4 more
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