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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Relationship between Dental Fear and Anxiety, General Anxiety/Fear, Sensory Over-Responsivity, and Oral Health Behaviors and Outcomes: A Conceptual Model.

Leah I Stein Duker, Mollianne Grager, Willa Giffin, Natasha Hikita, José C Polido

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Etiology of Dental Anxiety and Dental Phobia: Review.European journal of dentistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leah I Stein DukerMrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7208-9401
Mollianne GragerLeaps and Bounds of Washington, Seattle, WA 98136, USA.
Willa GiffinMrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Natasha HikitaMrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8424-7179
José C PolidoChildren's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
University of Southern California · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

Rehabilitation Research Career Development ProgramK12HD055929 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI BROWN, DAVID A · 2007 to 2021
$11.7M
Mentored Career DevelopmentKL2TR001854 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Elizabeth Rhea Erwin Burner, Amy Elizabeth West · 2016 to 2026
$9.0M
Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for ChildrenU01DE024978 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CERMAK, SHARON ANDREA · 2015 to 2020
$3.8M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001854NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD055929NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE024978
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental fear and anxiety (DFA) is common across the lifespan and represents a barrier to proper oral health behaviors and outcomes. The aim of this study is to present a conceptual model of the relationships between DFA, general anxiety/fear, sensory over-responsivity (SOR), and/or oral health behaviors and outcomes. Two rounds of literature searches were performed using the PubMed database. Included articles examined DFA, general anxiety/fear, SOR, catastrophizing, and/or oral health behaviors and outcomes in typically developing populations across the lifespan. The relationships between the constructs were recorded and organized into a conceptual model. A total of 188 articles were included. The results provided supporting evidence for relationships between DFA and all other constructs included in the model (general anxiety/fear, SOR, poor oral health, irregular dental attendance, dental behavior management problems [DBMP], and need for treatment with pharmacological methods). Additionally, SOR was associated with general anxiety/fear and DBMP; general anxiety/fear was linked to poor oral health, irregular attendance, and DBMP. This model provides a comprehensive view of the relationships between person factors (e.g., general anxiety/fear, SOR, and DFA) and oral health behaviors and outcomes. This is valuable in order to highlight connections between constructs that may be targeted in the development of new interventions to improve oral health behaviors and outcomes as well as the experience of DFA.

Indexed as

Dental AnxietyOral HealthHealth BehaviorHumansdental anxietydental behavior management problemsdental feargeneral anxietyoral health behaviorssensory over-responsivity

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PMID35206566
PMCPMC8872083
OpenAlexW4212835531

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