The difficult denture patient.
This article discusses the psychological parameters that dentists must take into account when constructing full denture prostheses. The etiologies of fear in the edentulous patient are discussed; and the intake, interview, and treatment protocols developed and used at the Mount Sinai Dental Phobia Clinic for this special patient population are presented.
Krochak
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Dental Phobia Clinic, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000523:psychology*; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D006801:Humans; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012064:Relaxation Therapy