Search for dissertations about: "dental attendance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words dental attendance.
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1. No-shows in dental care : perspectives on adolescents' attendance pattern
Abstract : All children and adolescents living in Sweden have free dental care with regular check-ups. Yet, missed and cancelled dental appointments are not unusual. READ MORE
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2. Dental Anxiety: prevalence, measurements and consequences
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge about adults suffering from dental anxiety by studying the current prevalence of dental anxiety and concomitant factors, the impact of dental pain on everyday life among individuals suffering from severe dental anxiety, and to evaluate the validity of a psychometric measurement, the IDAF-4C+, used to measure the level of dental anxiety and to screen for a diagnosis of specific phobia for dentistry. The included studies have a cross-sectional design. READ MORE
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3. Dental behaviour management problems among children and adolescents – a matter of understanding? Studies on dental fear, personal characteristics and psychosocial concomitants
Abstract : Dental behaviour management problems among children and adolescents – a matter of understanding? Studies on dental fear, personal characteristics and psychosocial concomitants. Annika Gustafsson, Department of Pedodontics, Institute of Odontology at Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, 2010 The primary aim of this thesis was to study dental fear, personal characteristics and psychosocial concomitants in relation to dental behaviour management problems (DBMP) and dental attendance. READ MORE
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4. Dental coping strategies and dental anxiety: Adaptive and maladaptive strategies among adult patients with regular or irregular dental care
Abstract : Abstract The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the reported use of coping strategies in connection with dental treatment among adult patients with dental anxiety and regular or irregular dental care. The specific aims of the four papers were (I) to develop a questionnaire for assessing coping strategies in the dental treatment situation and to evaluate its psychometric properties; (II) to further investigate and evaluate the newly constructed Dental Coping Strategy Questionnaire (DCSQ-15); (III) to investigate the relationship between the use of dental coping strategies in DCSQ-15, emotional distress and sociodemographic factors; (IV) to generate a conceptual framework explaining the main concerns of patients with dental anxiety who, despite their fear, participate in regular dental treatment, in order to acquire a deeper understanding of what they do to manage the dental-treatment situation. READ MORE
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5. A dental perspective on child maltreatment
Abstract : Children who are exposed to child maltreatment are at risk of developing physical and mental ill-health and of expressing risk-taking behaviors. International studies describe associations of child maltreatment with caries, head and neck injuries and intra- oral injuries. Similar studies in a Swedish context are scarce, and little is known. READ MORE
