Dental Anxiety: The Current Status and Developments
A special issue of Dentistry Journal (ISSN 2304-6767).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral health; dental anxiety
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dental care-related anxiety: Where do we stand today with regard to public dentistry and public health, measurement methods, diagnostic issues and comorbidities, treatment modalities and outcomes, financial issues/insurance and cost, and interdisciplinary issues?
Dental care-related anxiety is a prevalent condition among children, adolescents and adults. Its prevalence worldwide is typically reported to be around 10%, in spite of the use of evidence-based treatments, as have been detailed in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Thus, it is a public health issue, one at the crossroads of dentistry and psychology, which brings both opportunities for collaboration between these scientific fields, but also difficulties in working across the boundaries of each field. Much of these difficulties arise from conservatism and protectionism; some also arise from financial and insurance issues. We believe it is time to further discuss and explore dental care-related anxiety with the purpose of investigate these issues while expanding our knowledge and collaborative possibilities in treating dental care-related anxiety.
Manuscripts addressing the topics outlined above are welcome for this Special Issue of Dentistry. Clinical trials and observational studies adhering to adequate designs and methods are invited; different types of reviews such as narrative, scoping and systematic reviews, are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Magnus Hakeberg
Prof. Dr. Ulla Wide
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral health
- dental anxiety
- public dentistry
- dental care
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