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differenceblog Jan 17, 2007 09:59

Anxiety about going to the dentist is very common, affecting as much as 7-10% of the population, according to Addex Pharmaceuticals, who are working on a new drug to control it. Liddell and Locker (1997) replicated previous findings that women and younger people had more anxiety about going to the dentist than men and older people. Their study ( Read more... )

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