OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the subjective ratings of dental anxiety levels among university students enrolled at Jordan University of Science and Technology. In addition, the present study aimed to explore the sources of dental anxiety and the impact of gender on the perceived dental anxiety and the correlation between field of study and dental anxiety level. MATERIAL AN...

The aim of this study was to evaluate anxiety and pain related to dental treatment in children under the age of five years. This cross sectional study was carried out with 2,735 children of both sexes. Socioeconomic data, dental anxiety and dental pain experience, as well as the assessment of the child's oral health status, were obtained through a questionnaire answered by the child's parent or...

Background: Dental anxiety is a common problem that hinders patients from seeking timely dental treatment. The aims of this study were 1) To estimate the prevalence of dental phobia in a sample of Saudis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and 2) To identify behavioral consequences of moderate or high dental anxiety in Saudi adults. Materials and Methods: Multistage cluster random sampling was employed to...

background: the majority of individuals who visit the dentist are anxious. they are usually capable of controlling their anxiety. however, this fear sometimes creates great problems for the patient and dentist such as lack of visiting the dentist for treatment, incorrect diagnosis due to lack of appropriate communication between the patient and dentist, and finally, reduction of oral health lev...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency and causes of dental anxiety and their relation to irregular dental visits among adult dental patients. METHODS The Dental Anxiety Question (DAQ) included within a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 1025 patients attending the Interns' Dental Clinics in the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Dammam, D...

This study's purpose was to examine relationships among dental anxiety, psychological functioning, coping, and pain perception in child and adolescent dental patients and their parents. Participants were recruited from private dental offices and included 129 9- to 15-year-old patients and 84 parents. The children completed self-report measures of dental anxiety, dental coping, and pain percepti...

UNLABELLED The anxiety experienced by some patients before or during dental visits poses a problem for patients and the dental practitioners alike. Some people consider them a stressful experience which manifests itself as anxiety, fear and even phobia and results in avoidance of proper dental care. The dental anxiety, dental fear and dental phobia stand out against the background of general an...

OBJECTIVES Anxiety and fear towards dental treatment are common problems frequently experienced by patients worldwide, hence for better understanding, management and development of treatment strategies for dentally anxious patients, the present study was undertaken. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of dental anxiety and the factors influencing dental anxiety among the patients attendi...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety as well as the relationships between socio-demographic data and perceived dental anxiety among Palestinian clients who attend dental clinics in Palestine. Materials and methods: Participants were recruited into the study from July to August, 2013 from several dental clinics. The modified Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) was used to meas...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to measure the level of dental anxiety and its correlation with dental history, denture satisfaction and other variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 completely edentulous patients reporting to the Department of Prosthodontics, KLES's Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum, over a period of 17 months (August 200...