Assessing dental anxiety in children: The Revised Smiley Faces Program

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-538

  Buchanan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Computerized; Dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954743749     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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