Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword xiiiHenrietta L. Logan
Preface xvDavid I. Mostofsky and Farida Fortune
Part I Biobehavioral Processes 1
1 Cultural Issues in Dental Education 3Vishal R. Aggarwal and Farida Fortune
2 Oral Health and Quality of Life 11Marita R. Inglehart
3 Stress and Inflammation 27Annsofi Johannsen and Anders Gustafsson
4 Saliva in Health and Disease 37Mahvash Navazesh
5 Surface EMG Biofeedback in Assessment and Functional Muscle Reeducation 49Bruce Mehler
6 Hypnosis in Dentistry 75Bruce Peltier
Part II Anxiety, Fear, and Pain 87
7 Environmental, Emotional, and Cognitive Determinants of Dental Pain 89Daniel W. McNeil, Alison M. Vargovich, John T. Sorrell, and Kevin E. Vowles
8 Cosmetic Dentistry: Concerns with Facial Appearance and Body Dysmorphic Disorder 109Ad De Jongh
9 Chronic Orofacial Pain: Biobehavioral Perspectives 121Samuel F. Dworkin and Richard Ohrbach
10 Chairside Techniques for Reducing Dental Fear 141Ronald W. Botto, Evelyn Donate-Bartfield, and Patricia Nihill
11 Sleep and Awake Bruxism 153Alan G. Glaros and Cody Hanson
12 Dental Fear and Anxiety Associated with Oral Health Care: Conceptual and Clinical Issues 165Daniel W. McNeil and Cameron L. Randall
Part III Changing Behaviors 193
13 Behavior Management in Dentistry: Thumb Sucking 195Raymond G. Miltenberger and John T. Rapp
14 Management of Children’s Distress and Disruptions during Dental Treatment 209Keith D. Allen and Dustin P. Wallace
15 Stress, Coping, and Periodontal Disease 227Gernot Wimmer and Walther Wegscheider
16 Self-Efficacy Perceptions in Oral Health Behavior 237Anna-Maija Syrjälä
17 Drooling and Tongue Protrusion 251Jan J. W. Van der Burg, Robert Didden, and Giulio E. Lancioni
Part IV Professional Practice 265
18 Listening 267Bruce Peltier
19 Interpersonal Communication Training in Dental Education 283Toshiko Yoshida and Kazuhiko Fujisaki
20 Biopsychosocial Considerations in Geriatric Dentistry 293Georgia Dounis and David Cappelli
21 Health Behavior and Dental Care of Diabetics 323Mirka C. Niskanen and Matti L. E. Knuuttila
22 Oral Health Promotion with People with Special Needs 337Paul Glassman
23 The Use of Humor in Pediatric Dentistry 349Ari Kupietzky and Joseph Shapira
24 Work Stress, Burnout Risk, and Engagement in Dental Practice 363Ronald C. Gorter
25 Role of Dentists as Oral Physicians in Physical and Mental Health 373Donald B. Giddon and Ruth Hertzman-Miller
Appendix Brief Relaxation Training Procedure for Use in Dentistry 389Ronald W. Botto
Index 397