What goes around comes around: Revisiting the hypothesized vicious cycle of dental fear and avoidance

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Armfield, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; dental fear; dental visiting; vicious cycle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876737738     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12005     Document Type: Article

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