Dentophobia and dental treatment: An umbrella review of the published literature.
Sarmad AburasFlorian Pfaffeneder-MantaiAlina HofmannOliver MellerBenedikt SchneiderDritan TurhaniPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2022)
We conclude that the evidence concerning the efficacy of the various interventions is still rather weak and there is an obvious need for further research, because of the yet and unresolved challenges and the lack of standardised guidelines to deal with patients with dentophobia.