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Subjects served as their own control when tooth pulp shock was delivered in laboratory and clinical situations. Significantly heightened pain was observed in the clinical dental setting. The dental setting proved more anxiety-provoking and associated with reduced tolerance for pain, suggesting that cognitive contexts of a dental setting may elicit heightened subjective pain responses.
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