[Psychological approach to the patient in the dentist's office]. 1981

J F Servais

Medical psychology is the branch of medicine which studies man as a subject and not only as an object: it takes as such interest in meanings. Any intervention in odonto-stomatology such as in any medical discipline can be considered besides from a technical, mechanical or lesional aspect from a psychological point of view. The purpose of this article is to draw the attention to the importance of the relationship between dentists and patients (father, mother and sexual roles of the practitioner) on the one hand and the psychological meanings of the oral cavity) nutrition, caption, agressivity, seduction) on the other, which are capable of influencing the results of certain dental treatments.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011187 Posture The position or physical attitude of the body. Postures
D011574 Psychoanalytic Theory Conceptual system developed by Freud and his followers in which unconscious motivations are considered to shape normal and abnormal personality development and behavior. Oral Character,Psychoanalytical Theory,Theory, Psychoanalytic,Character, Oral,Characters, Oral,Oral Characters,Psychoanalytic Theories,Psychoanalytical Theories,Theories, Psychoanalytic,Theories, Psychoanalytical,Theory, Psychoanalytical
D003729 Dental Care The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982). Care, Dental
D003812 Dentist-Patient Relations The psychological relations between the dentist and patient. Dentist-Patient Relationship,Dentist Patient Relations,Dentist Patient Relationship,Dentist-Patient Relation,Dentist-Patient Relationships,Relation, Dentist-Patient,Relations, Dentist-Patient,Relationship, Dentist-Patient,Relationships, Dentist-Patient
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014098 Toothache Pain in the adjacent areas of the teeth. Odontalgia,Odontalgias,Toothaches

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