Modulation of dental anxiety - The role of past experiences, psychopathologic traits and individual attachment patterns

British Dental Journal

Volumn 196, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 689-694

  Eli, I ^a,c   Uziel, N ^b   Blumensohn, R ^c   Baht, R ^b  

^a Dept of Occlusion and Behav Sci ^*  (Israel)

^b University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus   (Puerto Rico)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIETY;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 3042511704     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811352     Document Type: Article

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