Table of contents

Contributors ix

Foreword xiii

Henrietta L. Logan

Preface xv

David I. Mostofsky and Farida Fortune

Part I Biobehavioral Processes 

1 Cultural Issues in Dental Education 

Vishal R. Aggarwal and Farida Fortune

2 Oral Health and Quality of Life 

Marita R. Inglehart

3 Stress and Inflammation

Annsofi Johannsen and Anders Gustafsson

4 Saliva in Health and Disease 

Mahvash Navazesh

5 Surface EMG Biofeedback in Assessment and Functional Muscle Reeducation 

Bruce Mehler

6 Hypnosis in Dentistry 

Bruce Peltier

Part II Anxiety, Fear, and Pain 

7 Environmental, Emotional, and Cognitive Determinants of Dental Pain 

Daniel W. McNeil, Alison M. Vargovich, John T. Sorrell, and Kevin E. Vowles

8 Cosmetic Dentistry: Concerns with Facial Appearance and Body Dysmorphic Disorder 

Ad De Jongh

9 Chronic Orofacial Pain: Biobehavioral Perspectives 

Samuel F. Dworkin and Richard Ohrbach

10 Chairside Techniques for Reducing Dental Fear 

Ronald W. Botto, Evelyn Donate-Bartfi eld, and Patricia Nihill

11 Sleep and Awake Bruxism

Alan G. Glaros and Cody Hanson

12 Dental Fear and Anxiety Associated with Oral Health Care: Conceptual and Clinical Issues 

Daniel W. McNeil and Cameron L. Randall

Part III Changing Behaviors 

13 Behavior Management in Dentistry: Thumb Sucking 

Raymond G. Miltenberger and John T. Rapp

14 Management of Children’s Distress and Disruptions during Dental Treatment 

Keith D. Allen and Dustin P. Wallace

15 Stress, Coping, and Periodontal Disease 

Gernot Wimmer and Walther Wegscheider

16 Self-Effi cacy Perceptions in Oral Health Behavior 

Anna-Maija Syrjälä

17 Drooling and Tongue Protrusion 

Jan J. W. Van der Burg, Robert Didden, and Giulio E. Lancioni

Part IV Professional Practice 

18 Listening 

Bruce Peltier

19 Interpersonal Communication Training in Dental Education

Toshiko Yoshida and Kazuhiko Fujisaki

20 Biopsychosocial Considerations in Geriatric Dentistry 

Georgia Dounis and David Cappelli

21 Health Behavior and Dental Care of Diabetics 

Mirka C. Niskanen and Matti L. E. Knuuttila

22 Oral Health Promotion with People with Special Needs 

Paul Glassman

23 The Use of Humor in Pediatric Dentistry 

Ari Kupietzky and Joseph Shapira

24 Work Stress, Burnout Risk, and Engagement in Dental Practice 

Ronald C. Gorter

25 Role of Dentists as Oral Physicians in Physical and Mental Health 

Donald B. Giddon and Ruth Hertzman-Miller

Appendix Brief Relaxation Training Procedure for Use in Dentistry 

Ronald W. Botto