How do we measure dental fear and what are we measuring anyway?

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Armfield, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Dental fear; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HUMANS; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953965949     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a19198     Document Type: Article

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