Improving Clinical Practice: What Dentists Need to Know about the Association between Dental Fear and a History of Sexual Violence Victimisation

Table 3

Themes identified.

Themes/study	Walker et al.’s study, 1996 [17]	Hays and Stanley’s study, 1997 [19]	Willumsen’s study, 2001 [16]	Willumsen’s study, 2004 [18]	Moore et al.’s study, 2004 [23]	Stalker et al.’s study, 2005 [15]	De Jongh et al.’s study, 2006 [20]	Leeners et al.’s study, 2007 [24]	Oosterink et al.’s study, 2009 [21]	Humphris and King’s study, 2011 [22]
Lack of control/feeling of being helpless and powerless	√		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Avoidance/never go to the dentist	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	—	√	—
Lack of awareness and knowledge of relationship between SV and DF	—	—	√	√	—	√	—	√	—	—
Flashbacks	—	√	√	—	—	√	√	√	—	—
Embarrassment/fear of judgment and criticism	—	—	—	—	√	√	—	—	√	√
Physical proximity/threatening	—	√	—	√	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sex of dentist on SV	—	√	—	√	—	—	—	√	—	—
Problem with horizontal dental chair position	√	√	—	√	—	√	—	√	—	—
Fellatio specific impact	√	√	√	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Disproportionate dental problems	—	√	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Smell of latex	—	—	—	—	—	√	—	—	—	—