Evaluation of the Jönköping dental fear coping model: a patient perspective

Brahm, Carl-Otto; Lundgren, Jesper; Carlsson, Sven; Nilsson, Peter; Hägglin, Catharina

doi:10.1080/00016357.2018.1564837

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“…None of the studies exploring how CBT applied by dental practitioners [26][27][28][29] investigate the role change required by those practitioners to attend to patient's psychological needs. This new role, a change from focusing on mouth pathologies to anxiety triggers, is outside the remit or competence of most dental practitioners since psychology is not a required subject in dental schools [32,33]. It is also potentially problematic; the culture of dental care being influenced by performance-led actions rather than relational aspects.…”

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More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway

Bryne

Hean

Evensen

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European J Oral Sciences

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Patients with dental phobia or a history of trauma tend to avoid dental services, which may, over time, lead to poor oral health. In Norway, a specific service targets these patients by providing exposure therapy to treat their fear of attendance and subsequently enable oral restoration. Dental practitioners deliver the exposure therapy, which requires a role change that deviates from their traditional practice. This paper explores how -and under what circumstances -dental practitioners manage this new role of alleviating dental anxiety for patients with a history of trauma or dental phobia. Using a realist evaluation approach, this paper develops theory describing which contexts promote mechanisms that allow practitioners to alleviate dental anxiety for patients with trauma or dental phobia. A multi-method approach, comprising service documents (n = 13) and stakeholder interviews (n = 12), was applied. The data were then analysed through a content analysis and context-mechanism-outcome heuristic tool. Our findings reveal that dental practitioners must adopt roles that enable trust, a safe space, and gradual desensitisation of the patient to their fear triggers. Adopting these roles requires time and resources to develop practitioners' skills -enabling them to adopt an appropriate communication style and exposure pace for each patient.

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More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway

Bryne

Hean

Evensen

et al. 2021

European J Oral Sciences

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“…Dentophobia, also known as odontophobia, is defined as the fear of dental interventions that originates from the wrong assumption that these interventions are harmful and dangerous (1). Studies show that 10 -27% of adults experience moderate to high levels of dental anxiety, and 4 -6% of them suffer from dentophobia (2,3). It has also been shown that the prevalence of dentophobia is almost stable over time (4,5).…”

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Effects of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy on Dentophobia in Clients of Dental Offices in Isfahan, Tehran, and Shahrekord (Iran)

Majidi

Manshaee

2021

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Dentophobia can reduce the number of regular visits to dentists and endanger the oral health of people. New technologies such as virtual reality (VR) can be used in the treatment of psychological problems such as dentophobia. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) on dentophobia in clients of dental offices in the cities of Isfahan, Tehran, and Shahrekord in 2020. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design and a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all clients with dentophobia visiting private dental clinics of Isfahan, Tehran, and Shahrekord in 2020. Thirty clients with dentophobia who were willing to participate in the research were selected as the sample using convenience sampling and randomly divided into experimental and control groups (n = 15 per group). The experimental group underwent eight sessions (15-minutes sessions per week) of virtual reality exposure therapy, while the control group received no intervention. The follow-up was performed after 45 days. The research instruments included the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), Samsung Gear 360 (2017 Edition), and HTC VIVE Pro Virtual Reality Headset. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: The results showed that virtual reality exposure therapy effectively decreased dentophobia in clients of dental offices in the experimental group (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: According to research findings, virtual reality exposure therapy was an efficient therapy for improving dentophobia and reducing phobia symptoms in clients of dental offices.

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Effects of virtual reality exposure therapy on state-trait anxiety in individuals with dentophobia

Majidi

Manshaee

2023

Curr Psychol

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Evaluation of the Jönköping dental fear coping model: a patient perspective

Abstract: Objective: This study is a part of a project with the aim to construct and evaluate a structured treatment model (the J€ onk€ oping Dental Fear Coping Model, DFCM) for the treatment of dental patients.

Cited by 3 publications

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More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway

More than just a dental practitioner: A realist evaluation of a dental anxiety service in Norway

Effects of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy on Dentophobia in Clients of Dental Offices in Isfahan, Tehran, and Shahrekord (Iran)

Effects of virtual reality exposure therapy on state-trait anxiety in individuals with dentophobia

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