Effects of cognitive therapy, applied relaxation and nitrous oxide sedation. A five-year follow-up study of patients treated for dental fear

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Willumsen, Tiril ^a   Vassend, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attendance; Dental anxiety; Dental fear; Follow up; Treatment

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038665191     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350310001442     Document Type: Article

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