Diş Hekimliğinde Anksiyete

Öz

Anksiyete, hayali veya gerçek bir tehlikenin gerçekleşme ihtimaline karşı psikofizyolojik yanıtlardan oluşan hoş olmayan duygusal bir durumdur. Dental anksiyete, geniş popülasyonları etkileyen ve hemen her bireyde karşılaşılabilen bir problemdir. Bu problem, hastaların randevularını ertelemelerine, ağız sağlıklarının bozulmasına ve tedavi sırasında hekimlerin birtakım zorluklarla karşılaşmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu derlemede, dental anksiyetenin etkenlerini, etkilerini, belirlenmesinde kullanılan yöntemleri ve azaltılması için alınacak önlemlerden bahsedilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Anksiyete, Dental anksiyete, Dental korku

Anxiety in Dentistry

Abstract

Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional state of psychophysiological responses to the possibility of real or imaginary danger occurring. Dental anxiety is a problem that affects large populations and can be encountered in almost every individual. This problem causes patients to delay their appointments and suffer deterioration of their oral health and doctors to encounter some difficulties during treatment. In this review, the factors of dental anxiety, its effects, the methods used to determine it, and the precautions to be taken to reduce it are discussed

Keywords

• Anxiety, Dental anxiety, Dental fear

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