Dental anxiety in patients seeking care at the University Dental Hospital in Sri Lanka

Community Dental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Ekanayake, L ^a   Dharmawardena, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Corah's dental anxiety scale; Dental anxiety; Negative dental experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SCALING; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0041919373     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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