Can parents and children evaluate each other's dental fear?

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Luoto, Anni ^a   Tolvanen, Mimmi ^a   Rantavuori, Kari ^a   Pohjola, Vesa ^a   Lahti, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental fear; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Parent child dyad

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 77953973026     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2010.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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