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T Getz

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PubMed1979

A pilot study using remote broadcasting equipment to provide instruction in pedodontics.

This study investigates the value of remote broadcasting equipment in instruction in pedodontics. Twenty students, between their junior and senior years, were randomly chosen and videotaped during an operative dentistry appointment with a child. Ten students reviewed and critiqued their own tapes immediately after the clinic session. Ten students received instruction using remote broadcasting equipment in an attempt to provide cues and immediate feedback. Results indicate the usefulness of remote broadcasting equipment as a new pedagogic technique in pedodontics.

Child Behavior↗
PubMed1978

Preclinical laboratory course in dental behavioral science: changing human behavior.

Dental health professionals are frequently frustrated when they present preventive or therapeutic regimens to patients. This paper describes an approach to the teaching of behavioral science designed to familiarize the dental student with applying behavioral change techniques to dental problems. Ninety-nine second-year dental students participated in the two-credit course. Students were taught in six groups, each led by a clinician-behavioral scientist team. The behavioral science materials were presented in five slide-tape programs developed by the authors. The key to the course was a behavior change project in which each student identified a problem, designed an intervention strategy, and attempted to manage the problem using the behavioral techniques presented.

Behavior Therapy↗
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Psychiatric diagnoses among self-referred dental injection phobics.

In order to determine the psychiatric characteristics of people with dental injection phobia. 118 dental injection phobics were systematically assessed using a structured clinical interview and a written questionnaire. Fifty-four percent of subjects had a current Axis I diagnosis other than dental injection phobia, mainly anxiety, mood or adjustment disorder, and 68.6% of subjects had an additional lifetime Axis I diagnosis. Subjects with additional current Axis I diagnoses reported higher dental anxiety, greater severity of injection fear cognitions, and poorer relationships with dental professionals, than did subjects without any or with past Axis I diagnoses. Further investigation is needed to explore the treatment possibilities for patients with and without additional current diagnoses.

Adolescent↗
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Treatment outcomes for specific subtypes of dental fear: preliminary clinical findings.

In order to examine the clinical treatment outcome for dental fears, we examined 111 active patient records retrospectively using an 80-item structured format. Subjects were from three fear subtypes: needle phobic (N = 15), gagger (N = 11), and non-specific dental fear (N = 85). Mean subtype Dental Fear Survey scores ranged from 72.3 to 81.0. Patients received either behavioral therapy alone (N = 85) or behavioral therapy with a nitrous oxide or IV sedation adjunct (N = 26). Mean psychological treatment time was 3.9 hours (SD = 2.8 h) and did not differ by fear subtype (p > 0.05). All patients successfully completed initial dental treatment. Relapse of fear requiring additional psychological treatment occurred only in the non-specific fear subtype (rate = 11.2%). Patients receiving pharmacologic adjuncts to behavior therapy (nitrous oxide) experienced less relapse.

Adult↗