Dental Anxiety - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

One- vs. five-session treatment of intra-oral injection phobia: a randomized clinical study.

30 May 2009 The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of one and five sessions of treatment for intra-oral injection phobia in 55 subjects fulfilling the DSM-IV criteria for specific phobia. The subjects were randomly assigned to one or five sessions of ... Read more...

[Risks of dental fear reduction treatments]

30 May 2009 In dentistry, estimations of the risk of failure of treatments focused on dental fear reduction are particularly high (about 60%). Research data on this subject are lacking. Failure has been defined as a treatment whose aim, sufficient reduction of ... Read more...

Psychological treatment of fearful and phobic special needs patients.

30 Dec 2008 Dental fears and phobias trouble patients with and without special needs, and they are a problem for dentists, as well. This article reviews current research and literature related to methods used to alleviate dental fear and concludes that while ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dental Anxiety - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• One- vs. five-session treatment of intra-oral injection phobia: a randomized clinical study. 30 May 2009
• [Risks of dental fear reduction treatments] 30 May 2009
• Psychological treatment of fearful and phobic special needs patients. 30 Dec 2008
• [Changing methods of pain- and fear-relief in dental treatments based on reports published in 'Fogorvosi Szemle'] 29 Nov 2008
• Using psychology to help patients with dental anxiety. 20 Nov 2008
• Access to special care dentistry, part 6. Special care dentistry services for young people. 11 Sep 2008
• Factors affecting the use of protective stabilization in dental patients with cognitive disabilities. 30 Aug 2008
• Evaluation of dentists' perceived needs regarding treatment of the anxious patient. 16 Apr 2008
• Dental fear in children: clinical consequences. Suggested behaviour management strategies in treating children with dental fear. 30 Jan 2008
• Oral health and oral treatment needs in patients fulfilling the DSM-IV criteria for dental phobia: Possible influence on the outcome of cognitive behavioral therapy. 30 Jan 2008
• [Success of referral in a psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic outpatient unit of a dental school] 30 Dec 2007
• Clinical outcome of a short-term psychotherapeutic intervention for the treatment of dental phobia. 30 Oct 2007
• One- vs. five-session treatment of dental phobia: a randomized controlled study. 4 Oct 2007
• Attention focusing versus distraction during exposure in dental phobia. 20 Jul 2007
• [An attempt to recover aesthetic appearance and mastication to a patient having strong vomiting reflex] 29 Jun 2007
• [Post-academic dental specialties 13. What are anxious dental patients most afraid of?] 29 Jun 2007
• [Post-academic dental specialties 12. Post-graduate specialization in 'dealing with fear of the dentist'] 29 Jun 2007
• Management of the anxious patient: what treatments are available? 27 Feb 2007
• Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety: a randomized controlled trial. 30 Jan 2007
• Combining alprazolam with systematic desensitization therapy for dental injection phobia. 21 Jan 2007

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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