%0 Journal Article
%T Investigation of Stress Level Among Dentistry Students, General Dentists, and Pediatric Dental Specialists During Performing Pediatric Dentistry in Kerman, Iran, in 2017
%A Elham Farokh-Gisour
%A Marjan Hatamvand
%J Archive of "The Open Dentistry Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.2174/1745017901814010631
%X Dentists are exposed to stress and tension as they have a close contact with the patients. The increase in stress may affect the dentists¡¯ performance and can be a major threat to the physical and mental health of the patients. Pediatric dentistry requires experience, without which the amateur dentists and students feel lack of self-confidence, and consequently be unable to deal with problematic patients. There is no study investigating stress during pediatric dentistry among the dentistry students as well as general and pediatric dentists in Iran. Regarding the importance ofthis subject, we aimed to evaluate the stress level among the aforementioned three dental service providers during pediatric dentistry
%K Stress
%K Anxiety
%K Pediatric dentistry
%K Maxilla
%K Mandible
%K General dentists
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182916/