Dental Anxiety

Abnormal fear or dread of visiting the dentist for preventive care or therapy and unwarranted anxiety over dental procedures.

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): F01.470.132.300

MeSH Unique ID: D016854

Entry Terms:

• Dental Anxieties
• Anxiety, Dental
• Dental Phobia
• Dental Fear
• Dental Fears
• Fear, Dental
• Phobia, Dental
• Dental Phobias
• Odontophobia
• Odontophobias
• Dentophobia
• Dentophobias

Previous Indexing:

• Anxiety (1966-1991)
• Dental Care (1977-1991)
• Fear (1966-1991)

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Emotions
Anxiety
Dental Anxiety