Is dental phobia a blood-injection-injury phobia?

C.M.H.H. van Houtem; I.H.A. Aartman; D.I. Boomsma; L. Ligthart; C. Visscher; A. de Jongh

doi:10.1002/da.22168

Is dental phobia a blood-injection-injury phobia?

C.M.H.H. van Houtem, I.H.A. Aartman, D.I. Boomsma, L. Ligthart, C. Visscher, A. de Jongh

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Abstract

Background Dental phobia is part of the Blood-Injection-Injury (B-I-I) phobia subtype of specific phobia within DSM-IV-TR. To investigate the conceptual validity of this classification, the purpose of the present study was to determine the co-occurrence of dental phobia, typical dental (and B-I-I related) fears, vasovagal fainting, and avoidance of dental care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1026-1034
Number of pages	9
Journal	Depression and Anxiety
Volume	31
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22168
Publication status	Published - 2014

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