Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: HARPREET SINGH and Pooja Kapoor Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 68 ISBN: 9783659202117
Описание
From time immemorial, fear and anxiety have been associated with dental treatment. Coping with this fear and anxiety has been one of the most vexing problems with which the individual dentist, as well as the profession has had to contend.Dental fear and anxiety represents a large problem for patients and dentist, both as a hindrance to regular dental care and as an obstacle to fruitful co-operation.Many dentists literally throw up their hands in frustration when confronted with such patients while others empirically develop ways to solve their problems in an individual manner.It has been suggested that the individual’s ‘Sense of Control’ over a potentially aversive situation is an important element in stress experience.In simple words, when an individual believes he has some control over what is happening to him in a threatening environment, he will experience less stress.This book describes an innovative method of managing such anxious patients, utilizing an innovative (patented)...
