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

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Date
05/2016
Author
Humphris, Gerald Michael
Spyt, James
Herbison, Alice
Kelsey, Tom
Keywords
Dental anxiety
Psychometric assessment
Psychological management
Mobile phone application
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
R Medicine
Medicine(all)
Dentistry(all)
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Abstract
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.
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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
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© 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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URL
http://www.dental-update.co.uk/articleMatchListArticle.asp?aKey=1532
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8821

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