Purpose: Fear of dental treatment is a significant problem in the United States, impacting
patients as well as oral health care providers. The purpose of this study was to identify the …

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, education, attitudes,
confidence, and practice of dental hygienists providing dental care to adult patients with …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental anxiety and
missed dental appointments due to dental anxiety among patients within three types of …

Dental anxiety and subsequent avoidance of dental care and deterioration of oral health
pose a significant problem for the dental profession. In an attempt to elucidate preferences of …

This study assessed dental anxiety in adults living in the Detroit tricounty area and identified
factors associated with it. The prevalence of dental anxiety was 10.0 percent. Regression …

SUMMARY A conceptual schema relating a number of patient and dentist variables to
patient anxiety reduction and satisfaction was presented. Evidence was examined that …

Purpose The Corah Dental Anxiety Scale was introduced in 1969. Since then, changes in
dental practice and language usage have dated the scale. The purposes of this study were …

Abstract < bold> Purpose: </bold> To evaluate dental anxiety from the dentist's
perspective. < bold> Materials and Methods: </bold> A cross-sectional study was …

Background Dental anxiety has been a well-studied phenomenon since the late 1960s. The
purpose of this literature review was to compare self-reported levels of dental anxiety during …

Although dental anxiety is a well investigated phenomenon in dental health care,
remarkably little is known about anxiety reactions related to treatment carried out by the …