What are people afraid of during dental treatment? Anxiety-provoking capacity of 67 stimuli characteristic of the dental setting

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Oosterink, Floor M D ^a   De Jongh, Ad ^a   Aartman, Irene H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dental anxiety; Epidemiology; Etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 38049005583     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2007.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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