Main description:

This textbook is exceptional in its coverage of modern theories on the patient-centered approach to communication, preventive dentistry, and dental anxiety. It provides the knowledge and tools required in order to implement a trauma-sensitive approach that will enhance the treatment experience for both the patient and the dental practitioner. General psychological aspects of dentistry and behavior management in patients who experience dental fear, anxiety, and pain are considered in detail. Extensive attention is devoted to the effective delivery of preventive care and dental treatment in a wide range of specific patient groups, including fearful and abused children and patients suffering from depression, personality disorders, psychosis, substance abuse disorders, and eating disorders. The importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and self-care in the dental clinic is also discussed. The book is an international collaborative effort between dentists and psychologists who draw on scientific research as well as their personal experiences in clinical practice. It is an excellent educational resource and will help readers to solve challenges in their own clinical settings.

Contents:

Part I Basic oral health psychology.- Ch 1: Basic oral health related psychology.- Ch 2: The importance of trauma-sensitive care.- Ch 3: Pain.- Ch 4: The importance of a safe relationship with dental patients.- Ch 5: Oral health literacy.- Ch 6: Communication in dentistry - The Four Habits Model.- Ch 7: Behavioural change.- Ch 8: Self-determination theory (SDT).- Part II Children.- Ch 9: Positive encounters for children to prevent dental anxiety; theory and practice.- Ch 10: Family violence and child maltreatment.- Part Back matter: Voice of Children.- Part III Dental anxiety.- Ch 11: Understanding development and persistence of dental anxiety.- Ch 12: Psychological prevention and management of dental anxiety.- Ch 13: Dentist-administered CBT-treatment for dental anxiety.- Ch 14: Blood-, Injury- and Injection phobia.- Part Back matter: Voice of dental anxiety patients.- Part IV Patients with complex reactions and co- morbidity.- Ch 15: People with mental disorders in the dental clinic.- Ch 16: How to deal with gagging.- Ch 17: Child sexual abuse and oral health challenges.- Ch 18: Providing dental care to torture survivors.- Ch 19: The psychosocial impacts of orofacial features - with examples from orthognathic surgery.- Part Back matter: Voice of CSA survivors.- Part V Professionalism.- Ch 20: Dental professionalism and professional behaviour in practice and education.- Ch 21: Living in a golden cage? Work stress, burnout risk, and engagement in dental practice; background and prevention.- Ch 22: Working in partnership for better oral health care.