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Avoiding the dentist due to distance (A)
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Targeted displacement and distancing from dental care
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Personal negligence
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Avoidance and displacement
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Avoiding the dentist due to negligence (subtype A1)
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Repression of avoidance problems
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Own lack of motivation and suppression of existing problems in certain stages of life or by treatment processes of a particular stage of life
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Negligence leads directly to insufficient oral hygiene, which in turn leads to more disruptive dental treatments; this leads to the reinforcement of avoidance and negligence
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Repression of confrontation with avoidance attitudes and consequences
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Dental avoidance due to neutralization (subtype A2)
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Use of statements to explain the absence and neutralisation of possible reasons for avoidance
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Own discussion of multicausal factors
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Listing of avoidance causes to explain abstinence and distancing oneself from responsibility
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Avoiding the dentist due to disappointment (B)
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Questioning the dentist and his intentions
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Perceived lack of dental advice and care
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The difficulty to trust fuels the avoidance mindset
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The feeling of being a means to an end
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Distrust, helplessness, disappointment
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feeling that the monetary approach takes precedence over the humanitarian approach
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Avoiding the dentist due to shame (C)
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A deep sense of shame
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Own shame and concern about condemnation
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Avoiding confrontation with one's shame by avoidance
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Avoiding the dentist due to fear (D)
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Anxiety attitude up to mental and physical complaints
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Fear of the dentist and dental treatments
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Fear outweighs the importance of going to the dentist
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Fear of not respecting the fear attitude
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