Needle Phobia: Etiology, Adverse Consequences, and Patient Management

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 731-744

  Sokolowski, Chester J ^a   Giovannitti, Joseph A ^a   Boynes, Sean G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Needle phobia; Patient management; Physiologic consequences

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DENTAL ANXIETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NEEDLE; PHOBIA; PREMEDICATION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77956440192     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2010.06.012     Document Type: Review

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