Panic Symptoms within Dental Anxiety: Implications for Treatment
June 1, 2013
The current study examined panic symptoms related to sub-clinical dental anxiety and clinically significant dental phobia. Individuals with dental phobia exhibited higher levels of panic symptoms, particularly heart palpitations, sweating, trembling/shaking, and nausea/stomach distress. Panic symptoms may serve as clinical indicators of dental phobia and of specifically feared dental procedures.
Carrie Potter, Dina Gordon
Temple University Department of Psychology
Richard G. Heimberg
Temple University
Marisol Tellez, Amid Ismail
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
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