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Abstract
Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.
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Synonyms
12 entry terms
- Anxiety, Dental
- Dental Anxieties
- Dental Fear
- Dental Phobia
- Dentophobia
- Fear, Dental
- Odontophobia
- Phobia, Dental
- Dental Fears
- Dental Phobias
- Dentophobias
- Odontophobias
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31 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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Previous Indexing
- Anxiety (1966-1991)
- Dental Care (1977-1991)
- Fear (1966-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dental Anxiety. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016854. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016854
- Dental Anxiety. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fear
- Dental Anxiety. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143472