Women in their 40s are more likely to have dental anxiety than any other age group, according to an ongoing University of Sydney study on dental anxiety and phobia. The case-control study, now ...
The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...
Vancouver dental practitioner Suzie Bergman has struggled with chronic pain for 35 years. At 19 years old, she was run over while pushing a stuck car, causing damage to her temporomandibular joint — ...
Female dentists focus more rigorously on caries prevention than do their male counterparts, according to a study in the Journal of the American Dental Association (April 2011, Vol. 142:4, pp. 429-440) ...