Dental anxiety among patients undergoing various dental treatments in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Udoye, Christopher I ^a   Oginni, Adeleke O ^b,c   Oginni, Fadekemi O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Dental treatments; Fear; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 21744445755     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-6-2-91     Document Type: Article

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