Prevalence of dental fear and phobia relative to other fear and phobia subtypes
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Prevalence of dental fear and phobia relative to other fear and phobia subtypes.
The purpose of the present study was to estimate the point prevalence of dental fear and dental phobia relative to 10 other common fears and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV-TR subtypes of specific phobia. Data were also analysed to examine differences with regard to severity, presence of distressing recollections of fear-related events, gender, and prevalence acro...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Oral Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0909-8836,1600-0722
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00602.x