Journal of Dentistry
Volume 37, Issue 9 , Pages 700-704 , September 2009

Anxiety and pain during dental injections

  • Arjen J. van Wijk

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Social Dentistry and Behavioural Sciences, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 5188393; fax: +31 20 5188233.
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  • Johan Hoogstraten

Received 1 April 2009 ,Revised 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 May 2009.

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PII: S0300-5712(09)00128-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2009.05.023

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 37, Issue 9 , Pages 700-704 , September 2009

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