Part I Background, Assessment and Aetiology
1 Symptoms, Clinical Characteristics and Consequences
Magnus Hakeberg and Jesper Lundgren
2 Background Description and Epidemiology
Magne Raadal and Erik Skaret
3 Assessment of Dental Phobia and Anxiety
Kristin Haukebø and Margrethe Vika
4 Aetiology of Dental Phobia
Tiril Willumsen, Kristin Haukebø and Magne Raadal
5 Intra-Oral Injection Phobia
Margrethe Vika and Maren Lillehaug Agdal
6 Dental Anxiety in Children and Adolescents
Gunilla Klingberg
Part II Treatments
7 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Principles, Procedures and Evidence Base
Lars-Göran Öst and David M. Clark
8 Multimodal Cognitive Behavioural Treatment
Jesper Lundgren and Ulla Wide Boman
9 One-Session Treatment of Dental Phobia
Lars-Göran Öst
10 The Combined Treatment
Erik Skaret
11 Dental Treatment under Sedation
Magne Raadal
12 Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Treatments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Lars-Göran Öst and Gerd Kvale
Part III Cultural Aspects, Prevention and Future Research
13 Different Treatment Approaches in Different Cultures and Health-Care Systems
Peter Milgrom, Lisa J. Heaton and J. Timothy Newton
14 Prevention of Dental Phobia
Erik Skaret and Magne Raadal
15 Future Research and Applications
Lars-Göran Öst and Erik Skaret