HOW PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AFFECTS PERCEPTIONS OF DENTISTS

Authors
GLAROS AG GADBURYAMYOT CC
Citation
Ag. Glaros et Cc. Gadburyamyot, HOW PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AFFECTS PERCEPTIONS OF DENTISTS, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 124(10), 1993, pp. 82
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
124
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1993)124:10<82:HPPEAP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In this study, 248 college-educated young adults completed the Dental Fears Survey. Subjects then viewed one of two slides of a dentist. In one slide, the dentist wore no PPE at all; in the other, the dentist w ore gloves, mask, glasses, face shield and lab coat. Subjects complete d a 20-item semantic differential scale to assess their attitudes towa rd the dentist portrayed in the slide they saw.