Adult dental anxiety : recent assessment approaches and psychological management in a dental practice setting

Dental Anxiety of patients is a common feature of the everyday experience of dental practice. This article advocates the use of regular assessment of this psychological construct to assist in patient management. Various tools, such as the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), are available to monitor dental anxiety that are quick to complete and easy to interpret. Patient burden is low. A new mobile phone assessment system (DENTANX) is being developed for distribution. This application and other psychological interventions are being investigated to assist patients to receive dental care routinely.

Citation

Humphris , G M , Spyt , J , Herbison , A & Kelsey , T 2016 , ' Adult dental anxiety : recent assessment approaches and psychological management in a dental practice setting ' , Dental Update , vol. 43 , no. 4 , pp. 388-394 . < http://www.dental-update.co.uk/articleMatchListArticle.asp?aKey=1532 >

Publication

Dental Update

Status

Peer reviewed

ISSN

0305-5000

Type

Journal article

Rights

© 2016, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.dentalupdate.co.uk /

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