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Dental Decisions – An Emotional Experience?

From Volume 37, Issue 10, December 2010 | Pages 700-705

Authors

Ilona Johnson

BDS, MFDS, RCPS MPH

Clinical Lecturer and Hon Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health

Articles by Ilona Johnson

Ivor Chestnutt

BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH) RCSEd, FDS RCPS, FDS RCS(Eng), DDPH RCS, FFPH

Professor and Hon Consultant in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University

Articles by Ivor Chestnutt

Andrew Smith

BDS, FDS RCS(Edin), FRCPath, PhD

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

Articles by Andrew Smith

Abstract

This article discusses the psychological literature on emotion, highlighting the effect of emotion on decision-making. This is applied to the example of dentistry.

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