ND-0491 · 2005 · Other
Ambient odors of orange and lavender reduce anxiety and improve mood in a dental office
Lehrner, Marwinski, Lehr et al. Physiology & Behavior. 2005.
doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.031 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Ambient orange and lavender reduced anxiety and improved mood in patients waiting for dental treatment.
Design questions and applications
Consider ambient scent in clinical waiting rooms.
Field
Scent, wood and materials
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card lehrner-2005-dental-odours) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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Mechanism
Spatial variable
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