Dental anxiety in a students' paediatric dental clinic: children, parents and students

Introduction Anxiety and fear in relation to dentistry are long-standing problems and the incidence of dental fear does not appear to be decreasing. It can result in poor dental health and wastage of clinical time. Conscious sedation is one method of allaying anxiety in dental patients and enables such patients to accept dental treatment. Aims, Materials and Methods A questionnaire survey was undertaken among patients attending an emergency dental clinic. Its aims were to assess the levels of dental anxiety in these subjects, the impact on their attendance for dental treatment, and their knowledge of and desire to have conscious sedation, should it be available. Results The results indicated that in the 72 patients who responded, levels of anxiety regarding dental treatment were high, with 49 (68%) claiming some nervousness or worse. Thirty-one (43%) cited fear/nervousness as a reason for delaying making a dental appointment. Twenty-seven (38%) were not aware of the existence of conscious sedation for dental treatment, of whom half reported that they were in the highly anxious group. Forty (56%) respondents said they would like to have sedation if it were available. Twenty-five (35%) claimed to have received sedation for dental treatment in the past. Conclusion It was concluded that the availability of dental sedation was currently not matching the needs and demands of several patients who took part in the survey. Increased availability of dental sedation could remove a barrier to dental care for many highly anxious dental patients.

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A dataset for dental anxiety and psychological distress in 1550 patients visiting dental clinics

BMC Research Notes ◽

10.1186/s13104-021-05897-x ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Alexander Zinke ◽

Christin Bohl ◽

Hendrik Berth

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Brief Symptom Inventory ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Dental Clinic ◽

Symptom Inventory ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Dental Clinics ◽

Gender And Age

Abstract Objectives Information was collected to identify anxiety in dental patients visiting a dental clinic using the Dental Anxiety Scale, their level of psychological distress using the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and identifying a correlation between these groups as well as the gender and age. Data description This data contains a set of 1550 patients’ answers to questionnaires taken before dental treatment in a dental clinic. It is divided into male and female patients as well as according to their age. The level of Dental Anxiety can be interpreted by answers chosen in the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and the level of psychological distress by answers chosen in the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18). This dataset should help to encourage more research in the field of dental anxiety and we hope to see more comparisons with our data in the future or in different regions of the world.

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Factors Responsible for Delayed Presentation at the Dental Clinic of the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria

Medical University ◽

10.2478/medu-2019-0004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 12-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

W. Olawole ◽

K. Kanmodi

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Clinical Problem ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Medical Centre ◽

University Education ◽

Delayed Presentation ◽

Dental Clinic

Abstract Background: It is a very sad experience, as a clinician, to see a patient presenting very late at a dental office with complicated oral health-related problems when the initial causal problem is very cheap, easy, and simple to treat. This study aims to determine the factors causing delay in seeking dental treatment among the patients visiting the dental clinic of the Fedearal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Methodology: This study was questionnaire-based survey of 172 non-paediatric patients attending the dental clinic of the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. Data was obtained on their socio-demographic characteristics and the reasons behind their late presentation. Data analysis was done using the SPSS Version 20 Software. Results: Most of the participating patients were males (57.6%), Muslims (73.8%) and of age 16 – 35 years (65.1%). Also, 66.9% of them were from the Hausa tribe, 62.8% were married, and 40.1% had polytechnic/university education. The reasons indicated by the respondents for their delay in seeking early oral healthcare services at our dental clinic were diverse. However, the three most commonly given reason were: busy work schedules, dental anxiety, and preference for traditional treatment options. Conclusion: This study provides evidence of delayed presentation among patients visiting the dental clinic of the Federal Medical Centre situated in the Birnin Kebbi metropolis. This study also identified the reasons for such delays. This study also corroborates other studies in ascertaining that delayed dental visit is a public health and clinical problem in the Nigerian setting. Hence, there is an imminent need to ensure that the public are educated on oral health issues.

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Some patients demonstrated a reduction in dental anxiety, as well as increased follow-up attendance for treatment, after being treated in a dental clinic

Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice ◽

10.1067/med.2001.116841 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 8-9

Keyword(s):

Dental Anxiety ◽

Dental Clinic

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Visual and Scent as Sensory Marketing Tools in the Dental Care Services: An Experimental Research Design Approach

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.2042 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 5095-5104

Author(s):

Dikta Pradika Et. al.

Keyword(s):

Research Design ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Interaction Effect ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Private University ◽

Dental Clinic ◽

Care Services ◽

Sensory Marketing ◽

Full Factorial

The objective of this research is to examine the effect of visual and scent on perceived intimacy of a service provider and consumers’ dental anxiety, in the context of the healthcare industry, specifically dental clinic service. Further, this study also examined the possibility of interaction effect of visual and scent on both variables. A 2x2, full factorial, an experimental research design was conducted throughout a four-day experiment in a marketing lab of a large private university in Indonesia. The tools needed to analyse the data are SPSS data processing devices. Sampling method used in this study is nonprobability sampling - purposive sampling by making criteria to have visited a dental clinic. This research managed to collect a total of 144 samples. Findings show that visuals only have a significant effect on store intimacy and dental anxiety. Scent has no significant effect on any of the variables we study. Additionally, we found no interaction effect between visual and scent in this context.

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Anxiety and Facial Self-Contacts as Risk Factors for COVID-19 in Dental Practice.

10.21203/rs.3.rs-118716/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

María Carrillo-Díaz ◽

Laura Lacomba-Trejo ◽

Antonio del Valle-Gonzalez ◽

Martín Romero ◽

María José Gonzalez-Olmos

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Trait Anxiety ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Positive Association ◽

Dental Fear ◽

Dental Practice ◽

Dental Clinic ◽

Contact Frequency ◽

The Face ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: This study makes innovative contributions regarding the association of facial self-contact frequency and duration in dental clinic patients with psychosocial factors such as dental fear, fear of COVID-19 and trait anxiety, because such self-contact could have an impact on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.Results: Statistically significant associations were found between the number and duration of facial self-contacts with trait anxiety and dental fear. Women showed more frequent self-contact of the face in general and considering dental anxiety, we observe that the amount of self-contact for women remained. However, in men as dental fear increases, so do facial self-contacts. Trait anxiety is a mediating variable in the relationship between dental anxiety and the number of facial self-contacts.Conclusions: There is a positive association between the number of facial self-contacts and trait anxiety and dental anxiety. However, there is no association between self-contacts and fear of COVID-19. Women make a greater number of facial self-contacts, more trait anxiety and more dental anxiety. The relationship between dental anxiety and self-contacts was moderated by gender and the relationship between dental anxiety and self-contacts is mediated by trait anxiety.

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