Open AccessPsychometric assessment of anxiety with the Modified Dental Anxiety scale among central Indian adults seeking oral health care to a dental school
Author(s) -
Suryakant Deogade,
Vinay Suresan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_16_16
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , dental care , oral health , psychiatry , young adult , clinical psychology , dentistry , family medicine , gerontology
Anxiety toward dental treatment can cause people to delay or avoid seeking oral health care despite being in need of treatment. Therefore, recognizing such anxious patients and their appropriate management plays important aspects in clinical practice.