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•  19par)cipants•  Mage=29.8,SD=13.2

•  Watchedanexposurevideo3)mesadayfor2weeks•  Dentalexamina)on&prophylaxis

•  AGereachexposure,thehighestanxietyexperiencedduringthevideowasreported•  From0-100•  Meananxietyscoreforeachday

wascalculated

CONCLUSIONS OBJECTIVES

METHODS

RESULTS

CONTACT INFORMATION

Analyses•  Pre-poststa)s)calcomparisons

•  Hierarchicalregression•  Rela)onbetweennumberof

exposurevideoswatchedandlastreportedanxietylevel

•  Anxietyra)ngaGerseeingthevideoforthefirst)mewascontrolledforintheanalysis

ResultsPar)cipantswatched28.5(SD=16.1)videosoverthetwo-weeks

Pairedsamplet-test•  Lastanxietyra)ngs(M=24.2,

SD=21.2)significantlylowerthanfirstanxietyra)ngs(M=46.7,SD=24.3)•  t(18)=3.78,p=.001

Regression•  Modelaccountedfor36.8%ofthe

varianceinlastreportedanxiety•  F(2,16)=4.65,p=.026

•  Totalexposurevideoswatchedsignificantlypredictedlastreportedanxietyscore•  β=-.497,p=.024

•  Firstreportedanxietyscorewasnotsignificantinpredic)nglastreportedanxietyscore•  p=.158.

•  Smartphonesarebeingintegratedintodailylifemoreandmore•  Newopportunitytousethe

technology

•  Smartphonesappeartobeeffec)veindeliveringexposures)muliforspecificdentalphobia

•  Increasedexposuresessions•  Greaterreduc)onofanxiety

•  Smartphonesofferanewmediumforexposures)muli•  Mayprovidegreaterreach

•  Underservedpopula)ons•  Providetreatmentoutsideofa

clinicse`ng•  Mayincreaseu)liza)onofdental

care-relatedtreatment

Specificdentalphobia•  Commonproblem•  OGenun-treated•  Self-directedexposuretherapyis

effec)veintrea)ngdentalphobia•  Variousexposures)muliavailable

todeliverself-directedexposure•  Videosarecommonplace

Theobjec<vesofthestudy•  Examinehowsmartphonesmay

beusedinconjunc)onwithself-directedexposure

Hypotheses1.  Treatmentwouldresultinlower

anxietyattheendoftreatment2.  Moreexposurevideoswatched

wouldresultinloweranxiety

Novel Treatment for Dental Phobia Utilizing Smart

Phone Technology

Matthew C. Arias, Daniel W. McNeil, Casey D. Wright, Jarred Gallegos, Daniel Stephenson, Deja Clement,

Derrick M. Ward, Robert Stuchell, & Cierra B. Edwards Department of Psychology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University

MaAhewArias&DanielW.McNeil,PhDWestVirginiaUniversity–Dept.Psychology53CampusDrivePOBox6040Morgantown,WV26506E-mail:mcarias@mix.wvu.edu;dmcneil@wvu.edu