title: Barriers to accessing and accepting dental care.
abstract: This paper looks at the psycho-social factors influencing patients use of dental care, and what the dentist can do to help when things go wrong.
authors.affiliation: Dental Public Health Research Group, School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D016854:Dental Anxiety; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012932:Social Facilitation