Parents of pediatric dental patients were observed in a university clinic waiting room as they were greeted by student dentists. Soon after the dentist left with the child, the parents completed a series of scales assessing their perceived social support from the dentist, their anxiety and distress levels, and their confidence in the dentist. Regression analysis indicated that perceived social ...

OBJECTIVES To describe patients with nontraumatic dental problems treated in our pediatric emergency department (PED) and to determine if barriers to access prompted seeking care in the PED rather than from a dentist or dental clinic. DESIGN Questionnaire administered to a convenience sample of patients with nontraumatic dental complaints. SETTING An urban PED. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Insur...

conclusions although the dentists had a proper knowledge in the field of transmission of hiv, hbv, and hcv infections, fear and concern of being infected make them to refuse these patients. therefore, training dentists to improve their attitudes toward treatment of these patients is necessary. background dental practitioners can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b ...