Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 870-877 , May 2008

Factors Related to Patients' Anxiety Before and After Oral Surgery

  • Mehtap Muglali, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Nurgul Komerik, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Komerik: Suleyman Demirel Universitesi, Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi, Isparta, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.06.662

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 870-877 , May 2008

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