AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate women's oral hygiene knowledge, practice, and use of dental services during pregnancy in the north of Jordan. MATERIALS AND METHODS Voluntary sample of 154 pregnant women of 18 to 40 years old were invited to participate in the study. They were asked to read a self-designated questionnaire and a cover letter which explained the purpose of the study. T...

Introduction: Latex hypersensitivity is one of the problems in healthcare workers. This problem affects the productivity of the workers due to the hypersensitivity symptoms. In Dental Polyclinic USIM, there have been complaints by dental personnel regarding the usage of latex glove. However, there was no data that have been documented. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence o...

background: empathy plays an important role in healthy dentist and patient relationship. hence, the aim of the study is to (a) to measure the self‑reported empathy levels among dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. (b) to review the trend of changes in empathy level with experience, age, and gender among dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. materials and methods: this cross...

INTRODUCTION Dental anxiety is an important challenge for many patients and clinicians. It is thus of importance to know more about dental students' own experiences with dental anxiety and their understanding of dental anxiety. The aim was to investigate differences in dental anxiety levels between dental students, psychology students, and biology students at a Norwegian university. MATERIALS...

Cognitive elements play a key role in dental anxiety. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about how dental treatments and frequency of visits to the dentist are related to dental fear and its cognitive antecedents. This study aimed to explore the relationships between dental visits, past treatment experiences, expectations on the aversiveness/probability of negative dental events, and dent...

BACKGROUND The assessment of dental anxiety among children will aid in dealing with management issues related to dental treatment. There is no study available from Pakistan on dental anxiety in children. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental anxiety in children attending a teaching dental hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on ...

Objectives To overcome challenges in the implementation of electronic dental record systems in a low-resource setting, it is crucial to know the level of users' satisfaction with the existing system of paper-based dental records and their perceptions of electronic dental records. Methods A cross-sectional paper-based questionnaire survey was conducted among Myanmar dental professionals who wo...

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The present research developed the Self-Regulation for Dental Home Care Questionnaire (SRDHCQ), based on self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), and used it in an SDT process model of dental health behaviors and self-rated oral health. In this model, patients’ perceptions of autonomy-supportive (relative to controlling) dental professionals were expected to positively predict patien...