[Is anxiety your master or are you the master of your anxiety?].
By means of four cases the author demonstrates how he manages with varying success dental anxiety. There is a call for dentists willing to invest time and teach patients how to deal successfully with such anxiety. This activity is part of the dentist's competence, with back support of a supervising psychologist or therapist.
Claes
Kris
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kris.claes@pi.be
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012064:Relaxation Therapy