Open Access
Management of dental anxiety via distraction technique
Author(s) -
Job Torres-Gomez,
Stephen C Arnason,
Wyeth L Hoopes,
Kraig S Vandewalle
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.57660
Subject(s) - distraction , medicine , anxiety , dentistry , scaling and root planing , skin conductance , orthodontics , physical therapy , psychology , biomedical engineering , periodontitis , neuroscience , psychiatry , chronic periodontitis
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a stress ball as a distraction technique on stress levels of patients undergoing a dental procedure.