DENTAL ANXIETY - A CAUSE FOR POSSIBLE MISDIAGNOSIS OF TOOTH VITALITY

Authors
ELI I
Citation
I. Eli, DENTAL ANXIETY - A CAUSE FOR POSSIBLE MISDIAGNOSIS OF TOOTH VITALITY, International endodontic journal, 26(4), 1993, pp. 251-253
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
International endodontic journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
01432885
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
251 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-2885(1993)26:4<251:DA-ACF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Fear, anxiety and anticipation of pain are prepotent emotional and cog nitive mediators of pain behaviour. As pain is often used as a paramet er for evaluation of tooth vitality, existing dental anxiety may occas ionally lead to possible misdiagnosis. A representative case is presen ted in which dental anxiety led to an initial misdiagnosis of endodont ic pathology.