One- vs. five-session treatment of dental phobia: A randomized controlled study

Haukebø, Kristin; Skaret, Erik; Öst, Lars‐Göran; Raadal, Magne; Berg, Einar; Sundberg, Håkan; Kvale, Gerd

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.09.006

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“…In our study, we found a post-reduction of 16.68% in the DAS for LG-OST completers. At 1-year FU, Vika et al (2009) reported a fear-reduction of 25.15% and Haukebø et al (2008) a decrease of 37.35%. In our LG-OST completers, the reduction was 19.08% from pre to FU.…”

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“…The only two studies that treated dental-related fear in a one-session individual setting so far (Haukebø et al, 2008; Vika et al, 2009), both applied the DAS as a common instrument to measure subjective dental fear and reported pre to post changes of 30.19% (Vika et al, 2009) and 27.11%, respectively (Haukebø et al, 2008). In our study, we found a post-reduction of 16.68% in the DAS for LG-OST completers.…”

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“…As in other SP, in DP (Haukebø et al, 2008) and intra-oral injection phobia treatment (Vika et al, 2009), OSTs comprising direct and modeled exposure elements have been proven to be effective. An OST-format exclusively consisting of cognitive restructuring (De Jongh et al, 1995a) also led to a substantial loss of subjective dental fear long-term.…”

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Large Group Exposure Treatment: A Feasibility Study of Exposure Combined with Diaphragmatic Breathing in Highly Dental Fearful Individuals

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A large-group one session treatment (LG-OST) combining exposure and diaphragmatic breathing as a bodily coping element was carried out to investigate its feasibility and effectiveness in a sample of 43 highly dental fearful individuals treated simultaneously. We assessed subjective dental fear, dysfunctional dental-related beliefs, and perceived control pre- and post-intervention and at four-month follow-up. Participants additionally performed a behavioural approach test (BAT) pre- and post-intervention. During the applied exposure exercises, four participants (9.3%) discontinued the program all reporting too high levels of distress. Regarding subjective dental fear and dysfunctional dental related beliefs post treatment effects, LG-OST showed medium to large effect sizes, ranging from Cohen’s d = 0.51 to d = 0.84 in the Intention-to-Treat analysis. Subjective dental fear improved clinically significantly in about one fourth (25.6%) of therapy completers. All post-treatment effects remained stable over time. Concerning the behavioral fear dimension, we observed a strong ceiling effect. Already at pre-assessment, participants accomplished more than six out of seven BAT-steps. Thus, behavioral approach did not increase significantly following treatment. Overall, the LG-OST protocol proved feasible and efficient. Compared to other one-session individual and multi-session group treatments the observed LG-OST effects were smaller. However, if LG-OST could match the efficacy of highly intensive short treatments delivered in an individual setting in the future, for example, by applying a wider array of exposure exercises, it could be a very useful treatment option as an intermediate step within a stepped care approach.

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“…15 This may be due to different perception of feeling between men and women and may be different cultural expectations to men and women rather than actual difference. 16 Dental fear is also affected by the patient's perception of treatment situation.…”

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Behaviors and Management of the Dental Problems by the Residents of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad

Al-Harbi

2015

The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

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Introduction Dental problems are commonly encountered in our lives. Some of the common problems are toothache, bleeding gums and halitosis. Objectives How the dental problems were handled, and reasons of not seeking dental treatment by the patients. Materials and methods This was an observational analytical cross-sectional study on adult's age above 14 years from Madinah. Results A total of 400 adults were included; 208 (52%) were males and 192 (48%) were females. Resident encountered toothache surprisingly only 49% sought dental treatment, while (41%) settled for taking medications. Among bleeding gum patients most of them (45%) went to the dentist, while (41%) settled for using the home care. And dealing with halitosis only (17%) went to the dentist. The most common reasons for not seeking dental treatment were fear and long appointments. And mostly they had fear because of dental drill and dental needle. Conclusion The most common problems for seeking treatment were toothache followed by bleeding gums and the least was halitosis. Number of people who sought treatment was still a low number. The most common reason that stopped patients from going to the dentist was fear and long appointments. There should be increase of dental clinics and patients should be given dental education. How to cite this article Ahmad MS, Al-Harbi KM. Behaviors and Management of the Dental Problems by the Residents of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2015;16(10): 783-787.

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“…Fear of flying was reduced significantly after this single-session treatment, and 93% of the patients (13 out of 14) took an unaccompanied return flight on their own after treatment. More recently, Haukebo et al (2008) reported significant improvements in a group of 10 patients with dental phobia after a one-session exposure treatment by a dentist who was trained specifically in this method by Öst.…”

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Phobias Across the Lifespan

Hamm

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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One- vs. five-session treatment of dental phobia: A randomized controlled study

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Large Group Exposure Treatment: A Feasibility Study of Exposure Combined with Diaphragmatic Breathing in Highly Dental Fearful Individuals

Large Group Exposure Treatment: A Feasibility Study of Exposure Combined with Diaphragmatic Breathing in Highly Dental Fearful Individuals

Behaviors and Management of the Dental Problems by the Residents of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Phobias Across the Lifespan

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