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Estimating the prevalence of dental phobias
Author(s) -
Francis R. D.,
Stanley G. V.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1990.tb05428.x
Subject(s) - phobias , dentistry , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety
This paper estimates the prevalence of dental phobias in the community. Information collected from diverse sources yields a rate for dental phobias within the range 10–14 per cent. It is concluded that the difficulty experienced in obtaining subjects/clients to undertake remedial programmes to overcome dental fear is not due to a shortage of such phobics in the community at large.