AIM Dental interventions are potentially overwhelming for children with hemophilia; the study was designed to assess the levels of dental anxiety related to the first dental intervention for these children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six boys with severe haemophilia A and B and 56 healthy peers between the ages of 7-12 in need of primary dental extraction were chosen for this study. Facial A...

The precise diagnosis of "dental" pain is often a matter of considerable 1 stf# Its localization by the patient is often very poor, making it difficult to de n ^ c0nwhich tooth, if any, is responsible. It is quite common for the patient to p ^ ̂ fidently to a particular tooth as the site of the pain when the teeth themselve at fault. pulpi^' The causes of dental pain are most commonly dental car...

Regardless of whether it is acute or chronic, the assessment of pain should be simple and practical. Since the intensity of pain is thought to be one of the primary factors that determine its effect on a human's overall function and sense, there are many scales to assess pain. The aim of the current article was to review pain intensity scales that are commonly used in dental and oral and maxill...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of dental pain and associated factors in 2-4-year-old children in Goiânia (GO). METHODS Cross-sectional study using home interviews with parents or guardians and anthropometric measures. The sample consisted of 385 children from 2 to 4 years old. The variables analyzed were: dental pain sometime in their lives, and demographic, socioeconomic and health-...