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Assessing dental anxiety, dental care use and oral status in older adults

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Older people may suffer from anxiety when visiting a dentist and this could prevent them from seeing a dentist regularly. Researchers surveyed 548 people 65 years or older and measured their degree of dental anxiety using the Corah Dental Anxiety Scale. Overall, 14% scored high on dental anxiety. Thirty-nine percent had not visited a dentist in 18 months and 22% had not visited a dentist in 3 years. Those with high dental anxiety were twice as likely to avoid visiting a dentist as those with low anxiety. Those with high anxiety were almost three times as likely to have dental problems.

Author: Strauss, Ronald P., Elter, John R., Beck, James D.
Publisher: American Dental Association Publishers Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 1997
Psychological aspects, Aged, Elderly, Causes of, Dental care, Anxiety, Oral hygiene

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Blood pressure outcomes of dental patients screened chronobiologically: a seven-year follow-up

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A single blood pressure reading in a doctor's office may not be an accurate determination of a person's blood pressure. Blood pressure varies throughout the day, so a home blood pressure monitor may be more effective in determining the natural variation in blood pressure.

Author: Schaffer, Erwin M., Cornelissen, Germaine, Rhodus, Nelson, Halhuber, Max, Watanabe, Yoshihiko, Halberg, Franz
Publisher: American Dental Association Publishers Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Dental Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-8177
Year: 2001
Measurement, Blood pressure, Biological rhythms, Biorhythms, Blood pressure measurement

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