Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dental Phobia and Anxiety

Lars-Gran st is Professor and Chair of Clinical Psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Considered the pioneer of one-session treatment of specific phobias, he is a regular keynote speaker at major CBT conferences and has lectured at universities worldwide. He is a former editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Behavioural Psychotherapy, and serves on the editorial boards of Behaviour Research and Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Applied and Preventative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, Behaviour Therapy, and Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Erik Skaret is Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences in Dentistry. He was Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway from 2008 to 2012. His previous positions were Acting Director at the Dental Fears Research Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, USA from 1999 to 2000 and Head of Center for Odontophobia, University of Bergen, Norway from 2001 to 2008. He has extensive clinical experience with psychological treatment of dental phobia and anxiety. His research areas are avoidance of dental care in children and adolescents and treatment of dental phobia and intra-oral injection phobia in adults. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.

List of Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Part I Background, Assessment and Aetiology 1 1 Symptoms, Clinical Characteristics and Consequences 3 Magnus Hakeberg and Jesper Lundgren 2 Background Description and Epidemiology 21 Magne Raadal and Erik Skaret 3 Assessment of Dental Phobia and Anxiety 33 Kristin Haukeb and Margrethe Vika 4 Aetiology of Dental Phobia 45 Tiril Willumsen, Kristin Haukeb and Magne Raadal 5 Intra-Oral Injection Phobia 63 Margrethe Vika and Maren Lillehaug Agdal 6 Dental Anxiety in Children and Adolescents 79 Gunilla Klingberg Part II Treatments 89 7 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Principles, Proceduresand Evidence Base 91 Lars-Gran st and David M. Clark 8 Multimodal Cognitive Behavioural Treatment 109 Jesper Lundgren and Ulla Wide Boman 9 One-Session Treatment of Dental Phobia 119 Lars-Gran st 10 The Combined Treatment 135 Erik Skaret 11 Dental Treatment under Sedation 153 Magne Raadal 12 Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 163 Lars-Gran st and Gerd Kvale Part III Cultural Aspects, Prevention and Future Research 183 13 Different Treatment Approaches in Different Cultures and Health-Care Systems 185 Peter Milgrom, Lisa J. Heaton and J. Timothy Newton 14 Prevention of Dental Phobia 201 Erik Skaret and Magne Raadal 15 Future Research and Applications 221 Lars-Gran st and Erik Skaret Index 231