|
Document Type |
: |
Article In Journal |
|
Document Title |
: |
DENTAL ANXIETY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DENTAL AND DENTAL ANXIETY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DENTAL AND |
|
Document Language |
: |
English |
|
Abstract |
: |
For the Pedodonlic team, a child's dental anxiety poses major management problems, as an anxious
child may require more time for treatment, cause stress for the clinicians and is very likely to
miss appointments. Thereby, measurement of dental anxiety not only makes the dentist forewarned
about the patient's hehavior. but also allows him to take measures to alleviate the anxiety during the
operative procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of dental anxiety and to explore
the inlluence of the most important related dental and non -dental background variables among
a sample of Pedodontic paticnts. The sample comprised 850 children aged from six to twelve years
consccutivclycollectcd from Pedodontic clinic, Faculty of Dentistry in Tanta .Mothers who participate
in the sllldy completed Ihe questionnaires while waiting for their turn with the dentist. The
questionnaire consisted of four sections: sociodemographic information for the children, Dental Subscale
of Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS) for assessment of child's dental fear and Dental
Anxiety Survey (DAS) to collect relevant information ahoutmuternal dental anxiety .In addition,
questions regarding type of dental attendance, previous dental experience, type and source of fear
were ,i1so implemented. The results of this study demonstrated statistically significant . intlu~l')ce
. of age. maternal anxiety, and objective dental experiences. On the other hand, sex, type of
school and socio-economic status didn't significantly affect the level of dental anxiety. Moreover,
most anxious children tended tll he irregular symptomatic attenders. Extractions were evident to be
the most anxious stimuli for dental anxiety followed by needle injections and restorations.
Based on the findings of the present study, it is concluded that mothers may play a more primary
mediating role in the etiological process of dental anxiety in children. So, mothers must be lcarned
!low to manage their children ellectivcly to break the cycle of dcntal anxiety in families. In addition.
the first contact of the child with the dentistry should be positivc am] negative factors relating to the
dental situation must be avoided. Moreover. since direct conditioning experiences in dental practice
are important genesis of dental anxiety, attention should be paid for proper conditioning of childrcn
by using appropriate managemcnt techniques. Regular dental appointments arc necessary for hehavior
shaping. Lastly. Further studies involving larger non-clinic samples are needed to examine
the issues raiscd hy the l'indings of this study. |
|
ISSN |
: |
0 |
|
Journal Name |
: |
Egyptian dental journal |
|
Volume |
: |
50 |
|
Issue Number |
: |
1 |
|
Publishing Year |
: |
2004 AH
2004 AD |
|
Article Type |
: |
Article |
|
Added Date |
: |
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 |
|
Researchers
| حاتم أمين | amin, Hatem | Investigator | Doctorate | hmohammed@kau.edu.sa |
|