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Dental fear and oral health habits among adults in Finland

Vesa Pohjola Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Satu Lahti Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Oral and Maxillo-Facial Department, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Mimmi Tolvanen Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Hannu Hausen Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Pages 148-153 | Received 20 Nov 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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Vesa Pohjola, Aino K. Mattila, Matti Joukamaa & Satu Lahti. (2013) Alcohol use disorder, smoking and dental fear among adults in Finland. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 71:2, pages 300-306.
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Anu Kallio, Auli Suominen, Mimmi Tolvanen, Kari Rantavuori, Heidi Jussila, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson & Satu Lahti. (2023) Concurrent changes in dental anxiety and smoking in parents of the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. European Journal of Oral Sciences 131:1.
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Hiba Kassem El Hajj, Youssef Fares & Linda Abou-Abbas. (2021) Psychometric evaluation of the Lebanese Arabic version of the Dental Fear Survey: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health 21:1.
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Arja Liinavuori, Mimmi Tolvanen, Vesa Pohjola & Satu Lahti. (2019) Longitudinal interrelationships between dental fear and dental attendance among adult Finns in 2000‐2011. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 47:4, pages 309-315.
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Yusuf Cetin DOGANER, Umit AYDOGAN, Hande Ucler YESIL, James Edwin ROHRER, Mark Douglas WILLIAMS & David Charles AGERTER. (2017) Does the trait anxiety affect the dental fear?. Brazilian Oral Research 31:0.
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Simon Spalthoff, Henrik Holtmann, Gertrud Krüskemper, Rüdiger Zimmerer, Jörg Handschel, Nils-Claudius Gellrich & Philipp Jehn. (2017) Regular Dental Visits: Influence on Health-Related Quality of Life in 1,607 Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Dentistry 2017, pages 1-6.
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Vesa Pohjola, Aino Rekola, Kristina Kunttu & Jorma I. Virtanen. (2016) Association between dental fear and oral health habits and treatment need among University students in Finland: a national study. BMC Oral Health 16:1.
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Fernanda Cunha Soares, Rodrigo Antunes Lima, Mauro Virgílio Gomes de Barros & Viviane Colares. (2016) Predictors of dental anxiety in Brazilian 5–7years old children. Comprehensive Psychiatry 67, pages 46-53.
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Viktor Carlsson, Magnus Hakeberg & Ulla Wide Boman. (2015) Associations between dental anxiety, sense of coherence, oral health-related quality of life and health behaviour – a national Swedish cross-sectional survey. BMC Oral Health 15:1.
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Jason M. Armfield. (2013) Predicting dental avoidance among dentally fearful Australian adults. European Journal of Oral Sciences 121:3pt2, pages 240-246.
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Richard Singer, Gabriel Cardenas, Jessica Xavier, Yves Jeanty, Margaret Pereyra, Allan Rodriguez & Lisa R. Metsch. (2012) Dental Anxiety and the Use of Oral Health Services among People Attending Two HIV Primary Care Clinics in Miami. Public Health Reports 127:2_suppl, pages 36-44.
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J. Olak, M. Saag, T. Vahlberg, E. Söderling & S. Karjalainen. (2012) Caries prevention with xylitol lozenges in children related to maternal anxiety. A demonstration project. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry 13:2, pages 64-69.
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Ronny A. Bell, Thomas A. Arcury, Andrea M. Anderson, Haiying Chen, Margaret R. Savoca, Gregg H. Gilbert & Sara A. Quandt. (2011) Dental anxiety and oral health outcomes among rural older adults. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 72:1, pages 53-59.
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Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Masashi Arakawa, Satoshi Sasaki & Yukihiro Ohya. (2010) Household smoking and dental caries in schoolchildren: the Ryukyus Child Health Study. BMC Public Health 10:1.
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Peter Milgrom, Jonathon T. Newton, Carole Boyle, Lisa J. Heaton & Nora Donaldson. (2010) The effects of dental anxiety and irregular attendance on referral for dental treatment under sedation within the National Health Service in London. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 38:5, pages 453-459.
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Anne E. Münster Halvari, Hallgeir Halvari, Gunnar Bjørnebekk & Edward L. Deci. (2010) Motivation and anxiety for dental treatment: Testing a self-determination theory model of oral self-care behaviour and dental clinic attendance. Motivation and Emotion 34:1, pages 15-33.
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Jason M. Armfield, Gary D. Slade & A. John Spencer. (2008) Are people with dental fear under-represented in oral epidemiological surveys?. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 44:6, pages 495-500.
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