ReviewFrontiers in psychology2018
Psychological Intrusion - An Overlooked Aspect of Dental Fear.
Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of AI-Enabled and Digital Technology-Assisted Interventions for Dental Anxiety During Dental Treatment.Depression and anxiety · 2026Pooled it
- Intraoral clinical examinations of pediatric patients with anticipatory anxiety and situational fear facilitated by therapy dog assistance: A pilot RCT.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2023Trial
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- Trauma, Terror, and Toothpaste: Exploring Memories for Dental Visits Across a Range of Patient Fear.Oral (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of different parenting styles on the child behavior during the dental visit: observational longitudinal study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
- Study of dental phobia, psychological resilience, and related factors in children aged 8-9 years in Weifang city.Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2023Article
- Preparing Children for Their First Dental Visit: A Guide for Parents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Helicopter parenting, from good intentions to poor outcomes. What parents needs to know?Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Dental Fear and Associated Factors among Children and Adolescents: A School-Based Study in Lithuania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Parental behaviour.British dental journal · 2020Article
- Outcome of Chair-Side Dental Fear Treatment: Long-Term Follow-Up in Public Health Setting.International journal of dentistry · 2019Article
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Abstract
Dental fear/anxiety is a widely recognised problem affecting a large proportion of the population. It can result in avoidance and/or difficulty accepting dental care. We believe that psychological intrusion may play a role in the aetiology and maintenance of dental fear for at least some individuals. In this narrative review we will take a developmental perspective in order to understand its impact across the lifespan. We will consider the nature of 'self,' parenting styles, the details of intrusive parenting or parental psychological control, and briefly touch upon child temperament and parental anxiety. Finally, we draw together the supporting (largely unrecognised) evidence available in the dental literature. We illustrate the paper with clinical examples and discuss possibly effective ways of addressing the problem. We conclude that psychological intrusion appears to play an important role in dental fear, for at least some individuals, and we call for detailed research into the extent and exact nature of the problem. A simple means of identifying individuals who are vulnerable to psychological intrusion would be useful for dentists.
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