title: [Dental anxiety].
abstract: The variety of patients with dental anxiety is large. A classification is made containing four types of patients, using criteria related to fear complexity and specificity. Analysing the issues provoking dental fear, the anxiety for loss of control is a major one. Procedures of guiding and treating patients related to their classification have been briefly described.
authors.affiliation: Uit de vakgroep Mondziekten, Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde van de Faculteit der Geneeskunde van de rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergsma
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Meuwissen
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: MaCleod-Kuik
mesh_terms: D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health