Dental Psychology Dental Decisions – An Emotional Experience? Ilona Johnson Ivor Chestnutt Andrew Smith From Volume 37, Issue 10, December 2010 | Pages 700-705 Sections Authors Abstract Article More Cite View as PDF Cite View as PDF Citation Close Dental Decisions – An Emotional Experience? Ilona Johnson Ivor Chestnutt Andrew Smith Dental Update 2024 37:10, 707-709. Authors Ilona Johnson BDS, MFDS, RCPS MPH Clinical Lecturer and Hon Specialist Registrar in Dental Public Health Articles by Ilona Johnson Ivor Chestnutt BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH) RCSEd, FDS RCPS, FDS RCS(Eng), DDPH RCS, FFPH Professor and Hon Consultant in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University Articles by Ivor Chestnutt Andrew Smith BDS, FDS RCS(Edin), FRCPath, PhD Glasgow Dental Hospital and School Articles by Andrew Smith Abstract This article discusses the psychological literature on emotion, highlighting the effect of emotion on decision-making. This is applied to the example of dentistry. Article