Predicting anxiety during dental treatment using patients' self-reports: Less is more

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-195

  Heaton, Lisa J ^a   Carlson, Charles R ^b   Smith, Timothy A ^c   Baer, Ruth A ^b   De Leeuw, Reny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety measures; Communication; Dental anxiety; Patient dentist relationships; Practice management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847694853     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0135     Document Type: Article

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