The objectives of this study were to determine the perceived anxiety levels in children visiting dental OPD. Convenient sampling technique was used in children aged 8-12 years visiting the department of Pedodontics and preventive dentistry at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. One hundred and twenty patients participated in the study. The total perceived levels of anxiety i...

Aims: To assess the level of satisfaction with dental care among dental students and to know whether students in different stages of the dental course had any difference in their level of satisfaction with dental care. Methods: 372 students from first to final year and interns completed the nineteen item Dental Satisfaction Questionnaire (DSQ). Results: The mean DSQ total was 49.64±10.3. The co...

Utilization of dental services is hampered by multiple barriers which include culturally influenced factors, misconceptions regarding oral health care, low education and health literacy level. The purpose of the study was to uncover the cultural and ritual practices and their effect on the oral cavity and the utilization of dental services. A cross-sectional door to door survey was conducted in...

Physicians who provide primary care for children are considered to be in a unique position to provide dental preventive care to their patients. No literature relates the amount of preventive oral health education that physicians receive during training. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of pediatricians and family physicians toward preventive dental c...

Purpose. Description of pain is generally difficult in children, and more so in those with intellectual disabilities (ID). Aim. This study is aimed at evaluating dental pain from caregivers' perspective in children with ID. Methods. The study sampled 86 children (33 with ID, 53 normally developing) ages ranges from birth to 16 years old among those visiting the School of Dentistry, King Abdulaz...

Methods: Internet usage was assessed among the firstto senior-year undergraduate dental students at the Darshan Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, India. The study was conducted during the beginning of the academic year 2007-2008. Data were collected by using a questionnaire, which consisted of nine multiple choice questions. The chi-square test was used to compare the responses between male...