title: Communication, body language and dental anxiety.
abstract: Fear of dental treatment is commonplace in dental surgeries, and with more demands being made upon the dental team's already limited time, occupational stress has become more prevalent. Dentists should examine the various aspects of communication which will forewarn them of potentially difficult clinical situations, so that they can minimize the patient's anxiety and their own stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, The Queen's University of Belfast.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics