Dental anxiety and pain related to dental hygienist treatment

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 374-379

  Hakeberg, Magnus ^a,b   Cunha, Luciette ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety; Dental hygienist; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TOOTH PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349086240     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350802415175     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. De Jongh A, Stouthard MEA. Anxiety about dental hygienist treatment. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1993;21:91-5.
2. Sullivan MJL, Neish NR. Catastrophizing, anxiety and pain during dental hygiene treatment. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1998;26:344-9.
3. Gadbury-Amyot CC, Overman PR, Carter-Hanson C, Mayberry W. An investigation of dental hygiene treatment fear. J Dent Hyg 1996;70:115-21.
4. Gadbury-Amyot CC, Williams KB. Dental hygiene fear: gender and age differences. J Contemp Dent Pract 2000;1:42-59.
5. Moore R, Birn H, Kirkegaard E, Brødsgaard I, Scheutz F. Prevalence and characteristics of dental anxiety in Danish adults. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1993;21:292-6.
6. Stouthard ME, Hoogstraaten J. Prevalence of dental anxiety in The Netherlands. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1990;18:139-42.
7. Thomson WM, Stewart JF, Carter KD, Spencer AJ. Dental anxiety among Australians. Int Dent J 1996;46:320-4.
8. Hakeberg M, Berggren U, Carlsson SG. The prevalence of dental anxiety in an adult population in a major urban area in Sweden. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1992;20:97-101.
9. Berggren U, Pierce CJ, Eli I. Characteristics of adult dentally fearful individuals. A cross-cultural study. Eur J Oral Sci 2000;108:268-74.
10. McGrath C, Bedi R. The association between dental anxiety and oral health-related quality of life in Britain. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2004;32:67-72.
11. Berggren U. General and specific fears in referred and self-referred adult patients with extreme dental anxiety. Behav Res Ther 1992;30:395-401.
12. Abrahamsson KH, Berggren U, Carlsson SG. Psychosocial aspects of dental and general fears in dental phobic patients. Acta Odontol Scand 2000;58:37-43.
13. Hakeberg M, Berggren U. Changes in sick leave among Swedish dental patients after treatment for dental fear. Community Dent Health 1993;10:23-9.
14. Skaret E, Soevdsnes E-K. Behavioural science in dentistry. The role of the dental hygienist in the prevention and treatment of the fearful dental patient. Int J Dent Hyg 2005;3:2-6.
15. Corah N. Development of a dental anxiety scale. J Dent Res 1969;48:596.
16. Berggren U, Carlsson SG. Usefulness of two psychometric scales in Swedish patients with severe dental fear. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1985;13:70-4.
17. Locker D, Lidell AM. Correlates of dental anxiety among older adults. J Dent Res 1991;70:198-203.
18. Berggren U, Meynert G. Dental fear and avoidance: causes, symptoms, and consequences. J Am Dent Assoc 1984;109:247-51.
19. Chung D, Bogle G, Bernardini M, Stephens D, Riggs M, Egelberg J. Pain experienced by patients during periodontal maintenance. J Periodontol 2003;74:1293-301.
20. Tripp D, Neish N, Sullivan M. What hurts during dental hygiene treatment. J Dent Hyg 1998;72:25-30.
21. Doebling S, Rowe M. Negative perceptions of dental stimuli and their effects on dental fear. J Dent Hyg 2000;74:110-6.
22. Gale E. Fears of the dental situation. J Dent Res 1972;51:964-6.
23. Stouthard MEA, Hoogstraaten J. Ratings of fears associated with twelve dental situations. J Dent Res 1987;66:1175-8.
24. Oosterink FMD, de Jongh A, Aartman IHA. What are people afraid of during dental treatment? Anxiety-provoking capacity of 67 stimuli characteristic of the dental setting. Eur J Oral Sci 2008;116:44-51.