APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Pregnancy Effects on Pain-Related and Dental Fears in Appalachian Women
Session: Poster Session IV
Authors
- Cecelia NelsonPresenting Author
West Virginia University - Elizabeth Kao
West Virginia University - Katherine Neiswanger
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine - Katherine Neiswanger
Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) - Linda Alexander
West Virginia University - Robert Weyant
Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) - Betsy Foxman
University of Michigan - Richard Crout
West Virginia University School of Dentistry - Richard Crout
Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) - Mary Marazita
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine - Mary Marazita
Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) - Mary Marazita
University of Pittsburgh - Daniel McNeil
Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) - Daniel McNeil
West Virginia University - Daniel McNeil
West Virginia University School of Dentistry
Abstract
Prior pain experience and cultural factors potentially affect dental fear. Appalachian women with no prior pregnancies had similar fears about pain, but lower dental fear, than multiparous women. These surprising findings in a unique (Appalachian) cultural group prompt further investigation into the mechanisms that underlie dental fear.
Anxiety
