The influences of fear, anxiety, and depression on the patient's adaptive responses to complete dentures. Part III.
The iatrosedative interview is an effective method of helping patients who are unable to adapt to dentures because of fear, anxiety, and depression. It creates an indispensable trusting relationship in the process of determining the factors responsible for the maladaptiveness and offers a solution to the problem.
Section of Behavioral Dentistry, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles.
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