Primacy vs. recency effects: the dominant role of recent over past dental experience in dental anxiety.

BMC Oral Health · 2026 · PMC13032493 · PMID 41721359

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Finally, fear of injection-related pain emerged as a highly significant predictor of DFA, emphasizing the unique contribution of pain-related and needle-related fears to avoidance behaviors [ 17 – 19 ].

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