tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949082018130214132024-03-08T03:37:18.643-08:00DENTISTRY16joesdhehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311162877743778813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694908201813021413.post-44871400427309356022009-01-02T03:24:00.000-08:002009-01-02T03:25:18.851-08:00Dental Fear Blocks Learning<p style="text-align: justify;" class="content"><br /><i></i>Dentists who give information to anxious patients might not be getting through to them, a study says. </p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="content"> Researchers looked at how well people understand information in the dentist's office. One group was given information before having stitches removed. This was considered a lower-stress situation. The other group was given information just before surgery. This was a higher-stress situation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="content"> Neither group understood the information very well. However, the surgery group was much less likely to understand it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="content">People who had a lot of dental-related fears were less likely to understand. So were people who expected to feel a lot of pain from their dental procedure. </p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="content">The study suggests that important information should be given to patients when they are not anxious or fearful. Otherwise, they may not understand it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="content"> The study appears in the January issue of the Journal of Dental Research.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <img src="http://www.simplestepsdental.com/i/5/5x5transSpacer.gif" alt="." align="middle" border="0" height="15" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="0" /></div>joesdhehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311162877743778813noreply@blogger.com0