Attendance pattern of anxiety-treated dental patients: a pilot study
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 20 (4) , 221-223
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb01720.x
Abstract
Ex-patients of a dental fear clinic were found to have significantly reduced, yet still high, dental anxiety scores in comparison with the pre-intervention scores. In spite of the intervention about one quarter of the ex-patients did not visit a dentist regularly. A positive relationship was found between dental anxiety, measured with Corah's DAS, and "dislike of drilling". A short duration of (self-reported) psychophysiologic anxiety reactions appeared to be associated with the intention to ask for treatment, e.g. if a cavity were present. However, regular dental attendance was not correlated with dental anxiety scores.Keywords
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