Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for treatment of dental phobia: A randomized control trial

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Raghav, Kumar ^a,b   Van Wijk, AJ ^a   Abdullah, Fawzia ^b   Islam, Md Nurul ^b   Bernatchez, Marc ^c   De Jongh, Ad ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SEGI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c Virtual Simulations Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental phobia; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

DENTAL ANXIETY; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84959111242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-016-0186-z     Document Type: Article

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