"Ooh, It Was All So Awful". (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chapman, H.R.
• Is Part Of: JDR clinical and translational research. Volume 5:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: NP1
• Page End: NP2
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: patient-centered care -- communication -- pain -- catastrophizing -- expectations -- worry; Dentistry -- Periodicals; Dental technology -- Periodicals; Oral medicine -- Periodicals; Dentistry; Dental technology; Oral medicine; Periodicals; 617.6005
• DOI: 10.1177/2380084416673799
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-0844

Abstract

This narrative illustrates how patient post-operative pain experiences can be influenced by worry, catastrophizing, previous learning experiences, and expectations about what will happen and how they will cope. It also demonstrates that a sympathetic dentist can help shape these expectations to the benefit of patients.