Stimuli involved in dental anxiety: What are patients afraid of?: A descriptive study.
Tania VanheeSandrine MouraliPeter BottenbergWolfgang JacquetAstrid Vanden AbbeelePublished in: International journal of paediatric dentistry (2019)
While the dental environment is in general not causing fear, the invasive part of the anaesthesia and the invasive dental procedures are involved. Fear seems to be related to culture, previous experience, and gender.