Klepac R K, Dowling J, Hauge G, McDonald M
J Am Dent Assoc. 1980 May;100(5):692-5. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1980.0216.
A growing body of literature suggests that pain is a crucial factor in the development and maintenance of apprehension toward dental treatment. These findings are often at variance with dental practitioners' impressions that routine dental treatment is virtually painless. Data from this study suggest that routine dental treatment is seldom perceived by regular patients as painless but is seen as low in intensity of pain compared with mild laboratory stressors. These data are interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that dental treatment is relatively painless. However, this conclusion conflicts with data supporting the importance of pain in dental fear, and possible reasons for the discrepancy are presented.
越来越多的文献表明，疼痛是对牙科治疗产生恐惧并持续存在的关键因素。这些发现常常与牙科从业者的印象不一致，他们认为常规牙科治疗几乎没有疼痛。这项研究的数据表明，普通患者很少认为常规牙科治疗是无痛的，但与轻度实验室应激源相比，其疼痛强度被认为较低。这些数据被解释为支持牙科治疗相对无痛的假设。然而，这一结论与支持疼痛在牙科恐惧中的重要性的数据相冲突，并提出了差异存在的可能原因。
