Further high-quality randomised trials with robust study design and large sample size are warranted to confirm our findings and to confirm the role of aromatherapy in relieving dental anxiety.
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Further high-quality randomised trials with robust study design and large sample size are warranted to confirm our findings and to confirm the role of aromatherapy in relieving dental anxiety.
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- Cognitive vulnerability and the aetiology and maintenance of dental anxiety (2011) · doi
CONCLUSIONS: These findings show general support for the CVM as an explanatory model for maintaining dental anxiety, though its role as a model for fear acquisition is still not fully established.
Keywords: model conclusions show general support explanatory maintaining dental anxiety though role fear acquisition still fully - Dental anxiety, pain, and quality of life among exodontia patients: A cross-sectional study (2023) · doi
Introduction: There are few studies on dental anxiety (DA) among patients who are planned for routine dental extraction compared with a plethora of published reports on DA and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in patients undergoing third molar surgery.
Keywords: dental patients introduction there anxiety among planned routine extraction compared plethora published reports oral health - Fear in the Dental Chair: A Narrative Review of Dental Anxiety Prevalence, Oral Health Consequences and the Evidence Behind Behavioral, Pharmacological and Sedation-Based Interventions (2026) · doi
The long- term outcomes of VR-based interventions beyond the immediate procedure have not been adequately studied. And perhaps most practically, there is still no consensus on a standardized anxiety screening protocol for routine dental practice, a gap that limits the translation of research findings into clinical reality.
Keywords: long term outcomes based interventions beyond immediate procedure adequately studied perhaps practically there still consensus - Efficacy of aromatherapy on dental anxiety: A systematic review of randomised and quasi‐randomised controlled trials (2020) · doi
Further high-quality randomised trials with robust study design and large sample size are warranted to confirm our findings and to confirm the role of aromatherapy in relieving dental anxiety.
Keywords: confirm further high quality randomised trials robust design large sample size warranted role aromatherapy relieving
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