Magnification of fear and intention of avoidance in non-experienced versus experienced dental treatment in adults

• Main Authors: Chia-Shu Lin (Author), Chen-Yi Lee (Author), Li-Ling Chen (Author), Long-Ting Wu (Author), Shue-Fen Yang (Author), Tze-Fang Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Dental fear is associated with the experience of prior dental treatment and avoidance of dental visits. It remains unclear if individuals show an intention of avoidance (IA) towards treatments that they have not received (i.e., non-experienced dental treatment). The study aims to...