We aimed to reveal interrelationships between alexithymia, catastrophic thinking, sensory
processing patterns, and dental anxiety among 460 participants who were registrants of a …

Objectives Accumulating evidence has revealed that dental anxiety is robustly associated
with dental care‐related pain and discomfort, but also with the personality trait of neuroticism …

Dental anxiety affects many people worldwide and interferes with oral health. Beyond
emotional distress, avoidance of dental care visits can lead to serious dental and health …

Objective. Alexithymia refers to a personality construct that is characterized by
impoverishment of imagination, poor capacity for symbolic thought, and inability to …

Dental anxiety is a common barrier to dental care and oral health, both globally and
nationally, yet its aetiology is still not fully understood. Without a sound understanding of the …

Background/purpose Dental anxiety is closely related to one's past experience in dental
clinics. However, little is known about what clinical, environmental, and psychological …

Objectives: The personality disposition to anxiety sensitivity refers to beliefs about negative
consequences of bodily arousal. The concept has recently been successfully applied in …

We evaluated gender‐specific associations of two dimensions of dental anxiety (anticipatory
and treatment‐related dental anxiety) with three dimensions of alexithymia: difficulty in …

Carrillo‐Diaz M, Crego A, Armfield JM, Romero‐Maroto M. Assessing the relative efficacy of
cognitive and non‐cognitive factors as predictors of dental anxiety. Eur J Oral Sci 2012; 120 …

Background: Dental anxiety is a common problem associated with poorer oral health.
Managing anxiety is key to improving oral health of patients with dental anxiety. The present …