Negative dental experiences and their relationship to dental anxiety

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-92

  Locker, David ^a   Shapiro, David ^a   Liddell, Andree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aversive experiences; Dental anxiety; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANIC DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030161614     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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