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ArticleDentistry journal2026

Level of Dental Anxiety and Its Role Among Barriers to Habitual Use of Oral Health Care in Adult Finns.

Vesa Pohjola, Anna Liisa Suominen, Mika Kajita, Pirjo Kurki, Ulla Harjunmaa, Satu Lahti

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vesa PohjolaDepartment of Community Dentistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3521-5661
Anna Liisa SuominenInstitute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8543-0055
Mika KajitaDepartment of Community Dentistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7597-174X
Pirjo KurkiInstitute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0462-9634
Ulla HarjunmaaUnit of Services, Department of Healthcare and Social Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 00271 Helsinki, Finland.
Satu LahtiDepartment of Community Dentistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3457-4611

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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adultscostdental anxietydental fearhabitual use of oral health careperceived treatment needqueuestransport connections

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PMID42187684
PMCPMC13206325

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