It is estimated that up to 15 per cent of the population in Western countries avoid dental care due to fear. Yet, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), a problem-focused psychological intervention that teaches patients skills for self-management of their anxiety, has proved to be a successful intervention for people with this phobia. Bringing together research from the fields of psychology and dentistry, this book is the first to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using CBT. It helps professionals and students in dentistry to understand the complexity of the anxiety phenomenon and those in psychology to understand the specific situation of the dental phobia patient.
The book includes chapters describing epidemiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, symptoms, clinical characteristics and consequences, and aetiology of dental phobia, as well as intra-oral injection phobia. It also covers dental treatment of fearful children and the use of conscious sedation and other pharmacological methods to supplement psychological treatment. The core of the book is built on research from Scandinavia, the world leader in dental phobia research, and the editors are experts in clinical psychology and dentistry. The Scandinavian contributions are augmented by chapters from noted authorities in the US and UK. It also demonstrates how to implement CBT principles for dental phobia and anxiety in one or more treatment sessions, using an adaptation of Lars-Göran Öst’s pioneering single-session treatment for use in clinical or dental settings.
It is estimated that up to 15 per cent of the population in Western countries avoid dental care due to fear. Yet, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), a problem-focused psychological intervention that teaches patients skills for self-management of their anxiety, has proved to be a successful intervention for people with this phobia. Bringing together research from the fields of psychology and dentistry, this book is the first to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using CBT. It helps professionals and students in dentistry to understand the complexity of the anxiety phenomenon and those in psychology to understand the specific situation of the dental phobia patient.
The book includes chapters describing epidemiology, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, symptoms, clinical characteristics and consequences, and aetiology of dental phobia, as well as intra-oral injection phobia. It also covers dental treatment of fearful children and the use of conscious sedation and other pharmacological methods to supplement psychological treatment. The core of the book is built on research from Scandinavia, the world leader in dental phobia research, and the editors are experts in clinical psychology and dentistry. The Scandinavian contributions are augmented by chapters from noted authorities in the US and UK. It also demonstrates how to implement CBT principles for dental phobia and anxiety in one or more treatment sessions, using an adaptation of Lars-Göran Öst’s pioneering single-session treatment for use in clinical or dental settings.
About the Author
Lars-Göran Öst is Professor and Chair of Clinical Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Considered the pioneer of one-session treatment of specific phobias, he is a regular keynote speaker at major CBT conferences and has lectured at universities worldwide. He is a former editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Behavioural Psychotherapy, and serves on the editorial boards of Behaviour Research and Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Applied and Preventative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, Behaviour Therapy, and Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Erik Skaret is Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences in Dentistry. He was Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway from 2008 to 2012. His previous positions were Acting Director at the Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, USA from 1999 to 2000 and Head of Center for Odontophobia, University of Bergen, Norway from 2001 to 2008. He has extensive clinical experience with psychological treatment of dental phobia and anxiety. His research areas are avoidance of dental care in children and adolescents and treatment of dental phobia and intra-oral injection phobia in adults. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.
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