Dental fear, anxiety, and phobia; causes, diagnostic criteria and the medical and social impact
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2022 Despite technological advances in modern medical science and practice, many people still associate dental treatment with unpleasant emotional sensations and pain.
Nadya Tsetsova Avramova
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Personality and phobias in adolescence: age and gender in psychopathological expressions [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Although the understanding of adolescent phobias is important, this phenomenon has thus far not been adequately researched. This report, based on clinical experience, highlights prevalent phobic phenomena linked to personality characteristics.
Alibrandi, Angela +6 more
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Freeze, Flight, Fight, Fright, Faint: Adaptationist Perspectives on the Acute Stress Response Spectrum [PDF]
, 2004 This article reviews the existing evolutionary perspectives on the acute stress response habitual faintness and blood-injection-injury type-specific phobia (BIITS phobia). In this article, an alternative evolutionary perspective, based on recent advances
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
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Improving Dental Experiences by Using Virtual Reality Distraction: A Simulation Study [PDF]
, 2014 Dental anxiety creates significant problems for both patients and the dental profession. Some distraction interventions are already used by healthcare professionals to help patients cope with unpleasant procedures. The present study is novel because it a)
Andrade, J +7 more
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LEVELS OF DENTAL PHOBIA PERCEPTION AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS
Romanian Journal of Medical and Dental Education, 2023 Fear of the dentist is a response to a known danger faced by patients, triggered when encountering stimuli that elicit fear. The purpose of this work is to investigate the levels of dental fear, phobia, and anxiety among dental students, as well as to ...
Adina Oana Armencia +9 more
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The Odyssey of Dental Anxiety: From Prehistory to the Present. A Narrative Review [PDF]
, 2017 Dental anxiety (DA) can be considered as a universal phenomenon with a high prevalence worldwide; DA and pain are also the main causes for medical emergencies in the dental office, so their prevention is an essential part of patient safety and overall ...
Abrahamsson +231 more
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Evolution of the human fear-circuitry and acute sociogenic pseudoneurological symptoms: The Neolithic balanced-polymorphism hypothesis [PDF]
, 2005 In light of the increasing threat of large-scale massacres such as terrorism against non-combatants (civilians), more attention is warranted not only to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also to acute sociogenic pseudoneurological ("conversion ...
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan +3 more
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What is the Most Effective Treatment for the Management of Dental Anxiety among Adults? A Systematic Review of Interventions [PDF]
, 2016 This review aimed to find the most effective intervention for the management of dental anxiety among adults by way of a systematic review of Randomised controlled trials.
Fulton, John +2 more
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The extent and nature of dental fear and phobia in Australia [PDF]
Australian Dental Journal, 2010 AbstractBackground: For the general dental practitioner, fearful patients are harder and more stressful to treat and are most likely to attend irregularly. This study presents updated and refined dental fear and phobia prevalence estimates in Australia as well as information on the nature of dental fear and phobia.Methods: A total of 1084 Australian ...
Jason M. Armfield, Jason M. Armfield
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Dental Anxiety in Children: A Review of the Contributing Factors [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Dental anxiety is a challenge faced by the dental professionals while treating young children. Many factors have been reported as contributing factors that influence and affect the level of dental anxiety in children.
Amerah A Alasmari +2 more
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