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Dental anxiety – a joint interest for dentists and psychologists
Author(s) -
Carlsson Sven G.,
Wide Boman Ulla,
Lundgren Jesper,
Hakeberg Magnus
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/eos.12046
Subject(s) - anxiety , dentistry , psychology , medicine , orthodontics , psychiatry
This introductory article to the S ymposium on B ehavioral and C ommunity D entistry aims to describe the development of research and clinical work on dental anxiety, and includes a discussion of the historical background and the evolution since the 1970s. In view of its pioneering activities in this regard, special focus is placed on research and development at the I nstitute of O dontology of the U niversity of G othenburg, S weden.