Factors affecting patients' and potential patients' choices among anaesthetics for periodontal recall visits

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Matthews, D C ^a   Rocchi, A ^b   Gafni, A ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Axia Research   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Compliance; Decision support, computer assisted; Dental; Patient fear, dental; Patient preference; Periodontal maintenance; Periodontal therapy; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL SCALING; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PRILOCAINE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT PLANING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035293301     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(01)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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