Treating highly anxious dental patients in a dental fear clinic

Thesis

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CONTENTS

Part I INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND AIM OF THE STUDY

Chapter 2 TREATMENT OF DENTAL ANXIETY IN CENTERS FOR SPECIAL DENTAL CARE IN THE NETHERLANDS

Chapter 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS APPLYING FOR TREATMENT IN A DENTAL FEAR CLINIC

Part II PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN THIS THESIS

Chapter 4 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE SHORT VERSION OF THE DENTAL ANXIETY INVENTORY

Chapter 5 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE DUTCH VERSION OF THE SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES OF DENTAL ANXIETY SCALE

Chapter 6 RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE FEAR SURVEY SCHEDULE III IN A POPULATION OF HIGHLY ANXIOUS DENTAL PATIENTS

Part III TREATMENT OUTCOME AND ITS RELATION WITH TREATMENT MODE, TREATMENT VARIABLES AND PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 7 TREATMENT MODALITIES IN A DENTAL FEAR CLINIC AND THE RELATION WITH GENERAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND ORAL HEALTH VARIABLES

Chapter 8 DENTAL ANXIETY REDUCTION AND DENTAL ATTENDANCE AFTER TREATMENT IN A DENTAL FEAR CLINIC: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY

Chapter 9 TREATMENT OUTCOME PER TREATMENT MODE IN A DENTAL FEAR CLINIC

Chapter 10 SELF-REPORT DATA IN PREDICTING DENTAL ANXIETY AFTER TREATMENT

Chapter 11 SUMMARY AND GENERAL DISCUSSION

Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch)

(PRE)PUBLICATIONS FROM THIS THESIS

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