Dental Anxiety - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Integrated teaching of basic and clinical sciences in anxiety and pain management.

30 Jul 2009 Like many other UK Dental Schools, Leeds Dental Institute has undertaken a commitment to integrated learning within its new curriculum. From an educational viewpoint, contextualisation of learning presents opportunities for deeper levels of ... Read more...

The effect of transmucosal 0.2 mg/kg midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction.

Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The project aims were to evaluate the benefit of transmucosal midazolam 0.2 mg/kg pre-medication on anxiety, induction behaviour and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia (GA) extractions. METHOD: One hundred ... Read more...

A comparison of pain and anxiety associated with the administration of maxillary local analgesia with Wand and conventional technique.

30 May 2009 AIM: This was to compare the sensation of pain when injections were given using the Wand computer controlled local analgesia (LA) system and a conventional technique in children of pre-school and school age. METHODS: 38 children were randomly ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dental Anxiety - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Integrated teaching of basic and clinical sciences in anxiety and pain management. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect of transmucosal 0.2 mg/kg midazolam premedication on dental anxiety, anaesthetic induction and psychological morbidity in children undergoing general anaesthesia for tooth extraction. Jul 2009
• Teddy bears help anxious children. 25 Jun 2009
• A comparison of pain and anxiety associated with the administration of maxillary local analgesia with Wand and conventional technique. 30 May 2009
• Managing dental caries in children: improving acceptability and outcomes through changing priorities and understanding the disease. 21 May 2009
• Child anxiety. 21 May 2009
• Effect of sensory adaptation on anxiety of children with developmental disabilities: a new approach. 29 Apr 2009
• The patient with asthma: implications for dental practice. 29 Apr 2009
• Techniques for managing behaviour in pediatric dentistry: comparative study of live modelling and tell-show-do based on children's heart rates during treatment. 29 Apr 2009
• Special needs of anxious and phobic dental patients. 30 Mar 2009
• An evaluation of the PALS after treatment modelling intervention to reduce dental anxiety in child dental patients. 28 Mar 2009
• Who is referred for sedation for dentistry and why? 26 Mar 2009
• An audit of referrals to a secondary care sedation unit. 4 Mar 2009
• Managing caries in the high-risk child. 27 Feb 2009
• Influence of adapted environment on the anxiety of medically treated children with developmental disability. 18 Feb 2009
• Undesirable rhythms. 12 Feb 2009
• Study looks at laughing gas and dental patients. 22 Jan 2009
• Short communication: preferences of dentist's attire in a group of Istanbul school children related with dental anxiety. 30 Dec 2008
• Parental attitudes and perceptions affecting children's dental behaviour in Greek population. A clinical study. 30 Dec 2008
• Children's behavior pattern and behavior management techniques used in a structured postgraduate dental program. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Dental Anxiety'

Definition: Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.

Descriptor UI: D016854

Alternative terms: Dental Anxiety; Dental Fear; Dental Fears; Fears, Dental; Odontophobia; Odontophobias; Phobia, Dental; Dental Phobias; Phobias, Dental; Dental Phobia; Anxiety, Dental; Anxieties, Dental; Dental Anxieties; Fear, Dental;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.470.132.300; F01.470.361.300;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: abnormal fear of dent care or dent proced; use Cat F3 qualif; DF: DENT ANXIETY