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- Title
Fear-free dentistry.
- Authors
Pinder, Jennifer
- Abstract
The article discusses dental phobias and strategies to give dental phobic people their needs. It states that a Post Traumatic Dental Stress Disorder (PTSD), including injection phobia, fear of pain, and gagging problem, is identified by emotions associated with traumatic and difficult dental experiences. It says that dental care professionals (DCPs) should regularly discuss and acknowledge good pain control with patients and could also play a larger role in the initial evaluation of the patient.
- Subjects
FEAR of dentists; GAG (Surgical instrument); EMOTIONAL trauma; DENTAL personnel &; patient; PATIENTS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Vital (17417503), 2010, Vol 7, Issue 5, p15
- ISSN
1741-7503
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/vital1279