shyness combined with emotionality, may be contributing factors in the development
of dental anxiety in children 48. Shyness alone has also been attributed as the cause
of dental anxiety 50. Other findings suggest that temperament in general acts as the
causative factor of dental anxiety in young adults 51, whereas Lundgren et al. 52 found
that adult patients with high levels of dental anxiety had significantly higher values
of emotionality and impulsivity than patients without dental anxiety