Introduction: Fear of dental treatment and anxiety about dental procedures are highly prevalent and have an impact on the quality of dental treatment. Use of a means of communication during the treatment procedure, which is the crucial point of communication, is not much studied. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the perception of patients and practices of dentists regarding the usage of hand signals during dental procedure. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 150 outpatients attending a dental institute and 150 dental practitioners practicing in North Chennai. The questionnaire constituted five questions based on difficulty in communication and attitude toward hand-sign usage. The data we...
Dental anxiety often persists through lack of good communication skills. Dental health professionals...
Dental anxiety and fear have been found to play a central role in the avoidance of dental treatment....
Objective: To explore the attitudes, practices and preparedness of dental practitioners for providin...
Aims This planned organisational development project aims to design and introduce an intuitive and v...
Patients often judge a successful dental encounter based on the professional ability of the dentist ...
Fear of dental treatment is commonplace in dental surgeries, and with more demands being made upon t...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and retentiveness of various communic...
Effective communication in the dental setting is imperative to the quality of health care delivery. ...
This research was funded by the EPSRC (EP/K012797/1).Purpose: To examine dentists' views of a novel ...
Dental anxiety is considered the negative emotional state produced by the psychological response to ...
Music therapy plays an important role in reducing the anxiety of patients during various procedures ...
This paper reports the results of a four-part questionnaire survey to assess the effects of the soun...
The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of dentist-patient communication via soci...
Objective To undertake a pilot study and examine whether the communication assessment tool (CAT) is ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the adult perceptions about communication with their ...
Dental anxiety often persists through lack of good communication skills. Dental health professionals...
Dental anxiety and fear have been found to play a central role in the avoidance of dental treatment....
Objective: To explore the attitudes, practices and preparedness of dental practitioners for providin...
Aims This planned organisational development project aims to design and introduce an intuitive and v...
Patients often judge a successful dental encounter based on the professional ability of the dentist ...
Fear of dental treatment is commonplace in dental surgeries, and with more demands being made upon t...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and retentiveness of various communic...
Effective communication in the dental setting is imperative to the quality of health care delivery. ...
This research was funded by the EPSRC (EP/K012797/1).Purpose: To examine dentists' views of a novel ...
Dental anxiety is considered the negative emotional state produced by the psychological response to ...
Music therapy plays an important role in reducing the anxiety of patients during various procedures ...
This paper reports the results of a four-part questionnaire survey to assess the effects of the soun...
The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of dentist-patient communication via soci...
Objective To undertake a pilot study and examine whether the communication assessment tool (CAT) is ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the adult perceptions about communication with their ...
Dental anxiety often persists through lack of good communication skills. Dental health professionals...
Dental anxiety and fear have been found to play a central role in the avoidance of dental treatment....
Objective: To explore the attitudes, practices and preparedness of dental practitioners for providin...