Children's preferences concerning the physical appearance of dental injectors

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Kuşcu, Özgür Önder ^a   Akyuz, Serap ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Child friendly; Children; Dental anxiety; Dental anxiety scales; Dental fear; Injector; Preference

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; JET INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYRINGE;

ALLOYS; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, JET; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASTICS; SYRINGES;

EID: 33750127586     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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