Dental Anxiety
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Saturday, November 21, 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...

[A dissociative patient]

30 Jul 2009 A 45-year-old woman attended a centre for special dental care. Initially, it seemed that the patient suffered from an extreme form of dental anxiety. However, the fact that she displayed 'dissociations' suggested that she had a severe psychiatric ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dental Anxiety'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Integrated teaching of basic and clinical sciences in anxiety and pain management. 30 Jul 2009
• [A dissociative patient] 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
• Genetic variations associated with red hair color and fear of dental pain, anxiety regarding dental care and avoidance of dental care. 29 Jun 2009
• Getting to the bottom of patients' fears. 29 Jun 2009
• Teddy bears help anxious children. 25 Jun 2009
• One- vs. five-session treatment of intra-oral injection phobia: a randomized clinical study. 30 May 2009
• Young children's Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and dental fear after treatment under general anaesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. 30 May 2009
• Dental fear and subjective oral impacts among adults in Finland. 30 May 2009
• A comparison of pain and anxiety associated with the administration of maxillary local analgesia with Wand and conventional technique. 30 May 2009
• The communication of pain in paediatric dentistry. 30 May 2009
• Children with intellectual disabilities and pain perception: a review and suggestions for future assessment protocols. 30 May 2009
• Surviving child sexual abuse: the relevance to dental practice. 30 May 2009
• Dental fear and adult oral health in Australia. 30 May 2009
• Trajectories of dental anxiety in a birth cohort. 30 May 2009
• [Risks of dental fear reduction treatments] 30 May 2009
• The effect of informed consent on stress levels. 30 May 2009
• Anxiety and pain during dental injections. 25 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

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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