Desensitization: Strengths and limitations of its use in dentistry for the patient with severe and profound mental retardation

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 250-255

  Connick, Charlotte ^a   Pugliese, Susan ^a   Willette, Jerry ^a   Palat, Milton ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mental retardation; Oral hygiene; Physical restraint

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0034230554     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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