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Dental Anxiety

Known as: Odontophobias, Dental Phobias, anxiety dental 
Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dental anxiety in patients seeking care at the University Dental Hospital in Sri Lanka.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence and factors affecting dental anxiety in patients seeking… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Dental anxiety and regularity of dental attendance in younger adults.
Dental anxiety constitutes a major problem for patients and dental care providers alike. The aim of this study was to examine the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Dental anxiety among adolescents in St. Petersburg, Russia.
This small-size epidemiologic investigation examined the prevalence and etiology of dental fear and anxiety among 288… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Changes in Self-reported Dental Anxiety in New Zealand Adolescents from Ages 15 to 18 Years
Little is understood of the natural history of dental anxiety. The aim of this study was to examine three-year changes in self… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Dental anxiety among middle-aged and elderly women in Sweden. A study of oral state, utilisation of dental services and concomitant factors.
The aim of this project was to investigate dental anxiety and its expression in utilisation of dental services, oral health and… 
1994
1994
Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practical Applications
Case presentations, esthetics, insurance considerations, communicable diseases, referral questions, dental phobia, and legal… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Prevalence of dental fear in young adult Singaporeans.
One-hundred-and-fifteen male military recruits and 176 mostly female first- and second-year students in the National University… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Historical antecedents of dental anxiety.
Our data are based on retrospective self-reported answers of college students. To what extent do these answers accurately reflect… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Occupational hazards of anesthesia.
"Thepeople ofthecity said toElisha, 'Youcan seehow pleasantly our city issituated, butthewaterispolluted andthecountryistroubled… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Comments on an Empirical Study of the Causes of Dental Fears
pp 683-695; GALE, J Dent Res 51: 964-966, 1972; GALE ET AL, JADA 78: 1304-1307, 1969; JOHNSON, Psychiatry Med 2: 221-228, 1971… 
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