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ReviewWorld journal of clinical cases2014

Pathways of fear and anxiety in dentistry: A review.

Ava Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Mark Boschen, Emad AlShwaimi, Roy George

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Review in World journal of clinical cases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04099264 (Effect of Personalized Musical Intervention on Burden of Care in Dental Implant Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 85 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04099264 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Personalized Musical Intervention on Burden of Care in Dental Implant Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversité de MontréalRan2018 to 2020Enrolled24ConditionsPersonalized Musical InterventionArmsPersonalized music, Audio Books
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Prevalence and pattern of psychological symptoms in form of dental fear and anxiety in children and adolescents with traumatic dental injuries: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  17. Conceptualized Immersive Projection Environment (CIPE-NRTInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ava Elizabeth CarterAva Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Roy George, School of Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
Geoff CarterAva Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Roy George, School of Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
Mark BoschenAva Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Roy George, School of Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
Emad AlShwaimiAva Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Roy George, School of Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
Roy GeorgeAva Elizabeth Carter, Geoff Carter, Roy George, School of Dentistry and Oral Health Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this article was to analyze the theories underpinning dental fear, anxiety and phobias. To be included, articles must have been published between the years of 1949 and 2013 concerning fears and phobias within dentistry and/or psychiatry. Of 200 articles originally under review, 140 were included and reviewed by the authors.Five specific pathways relating to dental fear and anxiety were identified; Cognitive Conditioning, Informative, Visual Vicarious, Verbal Threat, and Parental. Eight currently accepted management techniques across all dental disciplines for dental fear and anxiety were identified. Further research is required to identify clinical diagnosis and treatment for fears originating from different pathways.

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DentistryFear and anxietyOriginPhobiaTherapies and management

Identifiers

PMID25405187
PMCPMC4233415

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