Dental Anxiety, Communication and the Dental Team: Responses to Fearful Patients.
Dental anxiety often persists through lack of good communication skills. Dental health providers (DHP) can use the treatment alliance to prevent dental anxiety from developing. DHPs should assist dentally anxious patients by encouraging them to express their fears early on. The DHP is advised to ack...
| Publicado en: | Dental Assistant Vol. 88; no. 6; pp. 8 - 16 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Dental Assistant Association
Nov/Dec2019
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| Sumario: | Dental anxiety often persists through lack of good communication skills. Dental health providers (DHP) can use the treatment alliance to prevent dental anxiety from developing. DHPs should assist dentally anxious patients by encouraging them to express their fears early on. The DHP is advised to acknowledge patients' emotions, spend two to three minutes to learn about specific patient-centered issues and modify the treatment procedures accordingly. We also caution about the ineffectiveness of sedation for treating dental anxiety. |
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