Dental 4 Less, New CBT resource shows promise in reducing children’s dental anxiety
Alexandria, Va., USA – The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published an article titled “Development and Testing of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Resource for Children’s Dental Anxiety” in the OnlineFirst portion of JDR Clinical & Translational Research. In this study, Jenny Porritt, Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, et al describe the development of a guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resource for the management of children’s dental anxiety and provide preliminary evidence for the feasibility and acceptability of this approach with children aged between nine and 16 years.