Patients' multifaceted views of dental fear in a diagnostic interview.

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that dental care professionals may gain comprehensive information about their patients' DF by means of four component-based diagnostic interviews. This helps them to better identify and encounter patients in need of fear-sensitive dental care.
TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02919241.
PMID: 32924725 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica - September 11, 2020 Category: Dentistry Authors: Kurki P, Korhonen M, Honkalampi K, Suominen AL Tags: Acta Odontol Scand Source Type: research