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The management of dental anxiety: time for a sense of proportion?
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Introduction
Delay in seeking dental treatment often means that conservative treatment options become unavailable.
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MDAS used to assess dental anxiety, simple screening method providing reliable results.
Low levels of anxiety
Children
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Voice control: Research has shown that children respond best to a moderately loud voice with a deep tone. Very effective in preventing disruptive behaviour.
Distraction such as video-taped cartoons, audio-taped stories and video games. Audio-taped distractions are better as children close their eyes.
Modelling via websites and video scan reduce dental fear, especially if the individuals are of similar age and gender as the patient.
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Adults
Enhancing sense of control, e.g. through stop signals.
Cognitive distraction, where the patient is encouraged to think about something else.
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