Dental anxiety among adults in Turkey

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 075-082

  Firat, Deniz ^a   Tunc, Elif Pak ^a,b   Sar, Vedat ^c,d,e  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Prosthodontic and Implantology Associations   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Dissociative Disorders Program

^e International Society for the Study of Dissociation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Dental fear survey; Turkish population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERSONALITY TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 33746529370     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-7-3-75     Document Type: Article

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