title: How personal protective equipment affects perceptions of dentists.
abstract: In this study, 248 college-educated young adults completed the Dental Fears Survey. Subjects then viewed one of two slides of a dentist. In one slide, the dentist wore no PPE at all; in the other, the dentist wore gloves, mask, glasses, face shield and lab coat. Subjects completed a 20-item semantic differential scale to assess their attitudes toward the dentist portrayed in the slide they saw.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry 64108.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Glaros
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Gadbury-Amyot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011481:Protective Clothing; D012659:Semantic Differential