Magnification of fear and intention of avoidance in non-experienced versus experienced dental treatment in adults

Abstract Background. Dental fear is associated with the experience of prior dental treatment and avoidance of dental visits. It remains unclear if individuals show an intention of avoidance (IA) towards treatments that they have not received (i.e., non-experienced dental treatment). Methods. We investigated fear/IA of 12 common conditions of dental treatment of 402 adults. If subjects have experienced the condition, fear and IA were assessed based on subjects’ prior experience (i.e., ExpFear/ExpIA). If they have not experienced the condition, fear and IA were assessed based on their anticipation (i.e., NExpFear/NExpIA). Trait dental anxiety was assessed using the Index of Dental Anxiety and Fear (IDAF-4C+). Results. We found that (A) NExpFear and NExpIA were significantly higher than ExpFear and ExpIA, respectively. (B) The IDAF-4C+ scores are positively correlated with NExpFear/NExpIA and negatively correlated with the magnification of fear (i.e., the discrepancy in the fear/IA of non-experienced vs. experienced conditions). (C) The condition ‘extraction of a wisdom tooth’ and ‘root canal treatment’ showed the highest ratings on NExpFear. Conclusions. Individuals may develop a high degree of fear and IA of the treatment they have not received. Trait dental anxiety plays a key role in the magnification of the fear of non-experienced treatment.

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Association between dental anxiety and intraoperative pain during root canal treatment: a cross‐sectional study

International Endodontic Journal ◽

10.1111/iej.13245 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 447-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. Murillo‐Benítez ◽

J. Martín‐González ◽

M. C. Jiménez‐Sánchez ◽

D. Cabanillas‐Balsera ◽

E. Velasco‐Ortega ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Root Canal ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Intraoperative Pain

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Evaluation of Dental Anxiety and Fear in Patients who Admitted to the Faculty of Dentistry: Which Patients are More Risky in terms of Dental Anxiety.

Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ejhs.v29i6.8 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Burkay YAKAR ◽

Türkkan Öztürk KAYGUSUZ ◽

Edibe PİRİNÇCİ

Keyword(s):

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Health ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Post Hoc ◽

One Way Anova ◽

Anxiety And Fear ◽

Dental Appointments

Background: Dental anxiety and fear make the dental operation and the treatment difficult. Beside that it causes the delays or absence in the dental appointments so it leads to problems for oral and dental health. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of dental anxiety, the factors affecting dental anxiety and the effects of dental anxiety on oral dental health of the participants.Methodology: We conducted a hospital-based, cross-sectional study among 342 patients attending the outpatient clinic of a tertiary dentistry hospital. Dental anxiety and trait anxiety levels of the participants measured using MDAS and STAI scales. Weconducted the student t-test, One-way Anova and Tukey’s post hoc for the analysis of our data. The Pearson’s correlation analysis has been used for the analysis of two different quantitative data obtain from MDAS and STAI scales.Results: The age average of 342 participant of our research was 34,41±11,78. 59,1% of our participants was women. (n=202) Dental anxiety was existing in the 42,1% of the participants (n=144). 56,4% of the participants have had a hard and painful dental treatment experiences. 15,2% of our participants (n=52) had MDAS 19 point or more.Conclusions: High and statistically significant dental anxiety scores have been detected for the patients who are women, housewives, who had uneasy and painful dental treatment stories who have personel inclinations to the anxiety. Examinations directed to the factors which would increase the dental anxiety, may prevent possible complications and also the risk carried by the patients related to the dental health may be estimated with the help of this kind of examinations.

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Acute endodontic pain

Ból ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.1574 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Marcin Pasternak ◽

Jarosław Woroń

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Root Canal ◽

Local Anaesthesia ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Pain ◽

Nerve Fibers ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Preoperative Pain ◽

First Choice

Dental pain is amongst the most common types of or ofacial pain, it significantly reduces quality of life in patients and is regarded as a serious public health issue in many countries, furthermore it is main reason of seeking emergency dental treatment. Usually dental pain is caused by pulp and periapical conditions and is inflammatory. The two key components of dental pain are the activity of nerve fibers and alterations in microciculation. Anatomical and neurophysiological differences affecting mentioned type of pain were presented in this paper as well as mechanisms of dental pain form ation, clinical implications of hyperalgesia, allodynia, reffered pain phenomena and therapeutic procedures. The most optimal way of preoperative pain management is implementation of causal treatment as soon as possible, which includes tooth extraction or endodontic intervention. During root canal treatment complete pulp removal is followed by exact chemomechanical preparation of the entire root-canal system with the use of instrumentation and plentiful irrigation and dense obturation. Endodontic therapy allows tooth preservation and periapical tissues healing. Intraoperative pain is controlled with the means of proper local anaesthesia, depending on clinical situation using not only first choice techniques as regional block and infiltrative anaesthesia but also additional methods like intraligammentary, intraosseus and intrapulpal injections. Postprocedural pain management starts during anaesthesia. In article additional pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies helpful in treating these conditions, providing better effectiveness of local anaesthesia that is difficult in tissue inflammation and decreasing and even preventing development postendodontic pain – common complication of root canal treatment.

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Perception Of Oral Hygiene Practices And Dental Treatment Permissible During Fasting Amongst Dental Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study In Pakistan

10.21203/rs.2.22096/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Khaloud Tariq ◽

Arooj Ul Hassan ◽

Muhammad Hassan ◽

Shahab Ud Din ◽

Zunaira Arooj ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oral Hygiene ◽

Root Canal ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Treatment Plan ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Hygiene Measures

Abstract Background: Fasting places prohibitions on eating and drinking for a certain period of time. Although many dental treatments have been said to be safe and can be performed while fasting, other may result in breaking of fast. The study aims to evaluate the perception of dental patients of Lahore, Pakistan regarding effect of such treatments and hygiene measures during fasting. Methods : It was a cross-sectional survey carried out in 2 dental teaching hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan from September- October 2018. Patients were asked to complete a self-administered structured questionnaire developed to assess the knowledge regarding dental treatments, and hygiene practices while fasting. The questionnaire consisted of 7 items regarding the influence of dental treatments such as filling, scaling, and extraction etc. on fasting. Questions were also added regarding maintenance of oral hygiene such as brushing and its effect on fast. Frequencies and percentages are used to display results. Chi-squared test was used for statistical analysis to estimate difference between gender, and educational status with perception of procedures breaking fast. Results : Out of 415 responses, 374 were included for analysis. About 76.2% respondents believed that undergoing extraction broke fast. Scaling was thought to nullify the fast by 45.5% of respondents. 52.9% perceived root canal treatment to break fast along with 67.6%, who believed anaesthesia administration broke fast. As far as oral hygiene was concerned, brushing was reported to break fast by 57.5% with the use of mouthwash invalidating fast by 63.4%. Conclusion : The respondents were generally aware of some procedures not breaking fast however, most thought that administration of anaesthesia, undergoing root canal treatment, and extraction invalidated fast. Also, hygiene maintenance measures such as brushing and use of mouthwash during was also thought to break fast. It is imperative that the healthcare providers should be familiar with the effect of dental treatments and oral hygiene measures on fasting state that can influence the treatment plan of the patients.

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Anxiety In A Dental And Maxillofacial Surgery Consulting Room: Does Previous Experience Matter?

Global Psychiatry ◽

10.2478/gp-2019-0014 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 165-170

Author(s):

Wasiu Olalekan Olawole ◽

Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi ◽

Abdulwarith Akinshipo ◽

Abdulrazzaq Olanrewaju Taiwo

Keyword(s):

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Anxiety ◽

Maxillofacial Surgery ◽

Previous Experience ◽

P Values ◽

Pain Experience ◽

Dental Visits ◽

Dental Practitioners ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Pain

AbstractObjectivesTo explore the associations between previous dental visits and dental anxiety among patients presenting at the dental and maxillofacial surgery clinic of Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria.Materials and methodsThis study was a cross-sectional study conducted among 172 patients. Study instrument was a 9-item structured questionnaire, which obtained information about the participants regarding their: demographic profile; previous dental experience; and dental anxiety status in a dental and maxillofacial surgery consulting room. Data collected were analyzed using the SPSS Version 20 Software. Associations between variables were evaluated using Chi-square statistics using a p < 0.05 to determine the level of statistical significance.ResultsRoughly, six-tenth (57.6%) of the participants were males. The observed prevalence of dental anxiety among the participants was 47.7%. A history of pain experience during past dental treatment as well as a history of past dental visit were found to have statistically significant relationships with participants’ dental anxiety status (p-values < 0.05). However, the frequency of previous dental visits, a history of past dental treatment, and a history of use of intraoral injections in the course of past dental treatment were found to have no statistically significant relationship with participants’ status of dental anxiety (p-values > 0.05). Finally, the prevalence of dental anxiety among the groups of female folks with “a history of previous visit to a dentist” and “a history of pain experience in the past dental treatment” were found to be significantly higher than that observed among similar groups among the male folks (p-values < 0.05).ConclusionPrevious experience of pain plays a major role of influence over dental anxiety experience among patients. Hence, dental practitioners need to pay more attention towards dental anxiety management among patients, especially women.

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Endodontic and Restorative Treatment Patterns of Pulpally Involved Immature Permanent Posterior Teeth

International Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2018/2178535 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ebtissam M. Al-Madi ◽

Samar A. Al Saleh ◽

Sundus M. Bukhary ◽

Maha M. Al-Ghofaily

Keyword(s):

Root Canal ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Treatment Patterns ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Permanent Teeth ◽

Posterior Teeth ◽

Restorative Treatment ◽

Mandibular Molar ◽

Treatment Data

Objective. The study aims at investigating the treatment patterns for young permanent posterior teeth with pulp involvement. Materials and Methods. A random sample of 1793 dental records of patients aged 6–18 years old who had received dental treatment was investigated. 663 permanent posterior treated teeth had pulp involvement. Demographic and treatment data were gathered from patients’ records. Results. Prevalence of young permanent teeth with pulp involvement was 36.9%. Treatments received significantly increased as patients’ age increased (P=0.001). The first mandibular molar had the most pulp involvement among all teeth (43.89%). Temporary restoration was the most received restoration (59%). The most common pulpal diagnosis, leading to treatment, was irreversible pulpitis (43.04%). Only 19.8% of treated teeth received completed root canal treatment. Conclusion. There is a high percentage of children and adolescents with immature permanent posterior teeth with pulp involvement. Similarly, a variety of treatment patterns is present, with a small percentage of completed root canal treatment. Clinical Relevance. The study has identified the need to provide guidelines to provide high-quality root canal treatments for young permanent posterior teeth that have pulpal involvement. Only 21.8% of root canal treatments were completed, while 24% of teeth were extracted, and 59% of patients received temporary restorative treatments. This suggests that there might be several factors that might prevent completion of the dental treatment, such as patient preference, insurance coverage, or dentist capability. These factors and guidelines for patient care should be investigated and resolved.

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How Can We Reduce Dental Fear in Children? The Importance of the First Dental Visit

Children ◽

10.3390/children8121167 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 1167

Author(s):

María Carrillo-Díaz ◽

Blanca Carmen Migueláñez-Medrán ◽

Carolina Nieto-Moraleda ◽

Martín Romero-Maroto ◽

María José González-Olmo

Keyword(s):

Dental Anxiety ◽

Well Being ◽

Dental Fear ◽

Dental Visit ◽

Dental Visits ◽

Paediatric Dentist ◽

Systemic Health ◽

Transversal Study ◽

Anxiety And Fear

Dental fear is a common problem amongst children. It can affect children’s psychological well-being, quality of life, and oral and systemic health. The aim of this study was to identify whether the patients’ age at which visits to the paediatric dentist begin as well as the periodicity of these visits are factors that can prevent dental fear. This observational transversal study was conducted on 575 school children (average age 6.85 ± 0.78) and their mother/father/guardian. Parents completed a survey on the characteristics of dental visits and the child completed the index of dental anxiety and fear (IDAF-4C) to assess dental fear. The correlation between dental fear and age at first visit (r = −0.36 p < 0.01) and dental fear and frequency of visit (r = −0.65 p < 0.01) were statistically significant. The regression analysis performed showed that both variables predicted 44.4% of the dental fear in the child. In conclusion, the age of initiation to the paediatric dentist (before 2 years) and the periodic revisions (every 6 months or every year) could protect the child from dental fear.

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Hubungan Pengetahuan Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut Pasien Terhadap Kepatuhan Menjalani Perawatan Berulang

Conservative Dentistry Journal ◽

10.20473/cdj.v8i1.2018.5-10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Isnia Maulidah ◽

M Roelianto ◽

Galih Sampoerno

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Patient Compliance ◽

Root Canal ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Dental Health ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Treatment Result ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: Dental caries is one of oral and dental disease that has high prevalence in Indonesia. The fact showed that there are many dental caries were in advanced condition, resulting in root canal treatment needed. The failure of root canal treatment usually caused by patient non compliance in multivisit treatment. It was probably because of the lack of public knowledge about oral and dental health. Purpose: This study was to investigate the correlation between oral and dental health knowledge with patient compliance in multivisit treatment. Methods: An analytic survey using cross sectional design was carry out on 35 patients in UPF Konservasi Gigi RSGMP FKG UNAIR around September-November 2011. The data gathering was done using both questionnaire and focused interview. The test of Spearman correlation was used to measure the correlation between the oral and dental health knowledge to patient compliance in multivisit treatment. Result: This study showed that there was no significant correlation between oral and dental health knowledge to patient compliance (p=0,837). But there was significant correlation between patient compliance with patient motivation (p=0,006), needs (p=0,020), perception (p=0,018) and dental treatment cost (p=0,034) with patien compliance in multivisist dental treatment. Conclusion: There was no significant correlation between oral and dental health knowledge to patient compliance. There are other factors that give significance contribution to the increasement of complianced beside knowledge, such as motivation, needs, patient’s perception in continousy treatment and and cost.

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Perception Of Oral Hygiene Practices And Dental Treatment Permissible During Fasting Amongst Dental Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study In Pakistan

10.21203/rs.2.22096/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Khaloud Tariq ◽

Arooj Ul Hassan ◽

Muhammad Hassan ◽

Shahab Ud Din ◽

Zunaira Arooj ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oral Hygiene ◽

Root Canal ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Treatment Plan ◽

Root Canal Treatment ◽

Teaching Hospitals ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Patients ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Hygiene Measures

Abstract Background: Fasting places prohibitions on eating and drinking for a certain period of time. Although many dental treatments have been said to be safe and can be performed while fasting, other may result in breaking of fast. The study aims to evaluate the perception of dental patients of Lahore, Pakistan regarding effect of such treatments and hygiene measures during fasting. Methods : It was a cross-sectional survey carried out in 2 dental teaching hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan from September- October 2018. Patients were asked to complete a self-administered structured questionnaire developed to assess the knowledge regarding dental treatments, and hygiene practices while fasting. The questionnaire consisted of 7 items regarding the influence of dental treatments such as filling, scaling, and extraction etc. on fasting. Questions were also added regarding maintenance of oral hygiene such as brushing and its effect on fast. Frequencies and percentages are used to display results. Chi-squared test was used for statistical analysis to estimate difference between gender, and educational status with perception of procedures breaking fast. Results : Out of 415 responses, 374 were included for analysis. About 76.2% respondents believed that undergoing extraction broke fast. Scaling was thought to nullify the fast by 45.5% of respondents. 52.9% perceived root canal treatment to break fast along with 67.6%, who believed anaesthesia administration broke fast. As far as oral hygiene was concerned, brushing was reported to break fast by 57.5% with the use of mouthwash invalidating fast by 63.4%. Conclusion : The respondents were generally aware of some procedures not breaking fast however, most thought that administration of anaesthesia, undergoing root canal treatment, and extraction invalidated fast. Also, hygiene maintenance measures such as brushing and use of mouthwash during was also thought to break fast. It is imperative that the healthcare providers should be familiar with the effect of dental treatments and oral hygiene measures on fasting state that can influence the treatment plan of the patients.

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