Italian version of corah's dental anxiety scale: Normative data in patients undergoing oral surgery and relationship with the asa physical status classification

Anesthesia Progress

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Facco, Enrico ^a   Zanette, Gastone ^a   Manani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dental anxiety scale; Dental phobia; Dentistry; Methods; Physical status; Psychological tests; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849273934     PISSN: 00033006     EISSN: 18787177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006-55.4.109     Document Type: Article

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