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This article discusses the psychological parameters that dentists must take into account when constructing full denture prostheses. The etiologies of fear in the edentulous patient are discussed; and the intake, interview, and treatment protocols developed and used at the Mount Sinai Dental Phobia Clinic for this special patient population are presented.