scholarly journals Comparing oral health in patients with different levels of dental anxiety

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Zinke ◽  
Christian Hannig ◽  
Hendrik Berth
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Different Levels

Oral Health Condition and Dental Anxiety Among Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-298
Author(s):  
Ema Aleksic ◽  
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jasmina milic ◽  
Maja Lalic ◽  
Adam Malesevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Health Condition

scholarly journals Dental Anxiety and Its Possible Effects on Caries Prevalence Among Group of Dental Students In Kathmandu Medical College

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Deepak Kumar Roy ◽  
Punam Basnet Dixit ◽  
Siddharth Ghimire ◽  
Roshan Kumar Roy ◽  
Aashish Pandey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
World Health ◽  
First Year ◽  
Caries Prevalence ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The Mean

Introduction: The prevalence of high dental anxiety varies from 2% to 30% worldwide depending on the study population, the methods applied, and the cut-off scores used. There is strong evidence that dental anxiety is associated with dental attendance; it has been reported that individuals with higher dental anxiety tend to visit the dentist irregularly, which in turn may lead to deterioration in oral health. Studies have demonstrated that dental anxiety is associated with poor self-reported and clinically assigned oral health, more decayed and missing teeth, fewer filled teeth and worse periodontal health. Dental students are the future dental doctors who will be dealing with fearful patients in future. Knowing the facts on dental anxiety will have positive impact while treating and dealing such patients. Objectives: The overall objectives of the study were to assess level of anxiety and its possible effect on prevalence of caries among dental students studying at Kathmandu medical college and Dental hospital. Specific: To access the level of anxiety among dental students of different years (from first year to final year) along it was further focused to analyse the level of anxiety among male and female dental students. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted to choose a random convenient sample. The data were collected from dental students of first year to final year studying at Kathmandu medical college dental hospital–KMCDH. A structured questionnaire based on modified dental anxiety scale was used to collect the data. Patients were examined for dental caries prevalence using decay, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index according to World Health Organisation guidelines. Results: The highest MDAS was seen among the younger batches and the mean values for MDAS declined with higher batch of dental students. The mean dental anxiety score for males was 8.9 and 15.5 for females. The difference was statistically significant the most fearful stimulus in dental clinic for both genders was local anesthetic injection, followed by drilling of teeth. Conclusion: Dental anxiety remains a significant problem for many patients of both gender and different age groups of examined students. Dental anxiety has a negative effect on oral health status by increasing the prevalence of decayed teeth. Further studies should be carried out using large random samples before generalizing this conclusion.  

scholarly journals Dental Phobia among Pregnant Women: Considerations for Healthcare Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nazir ◽  
Muhanad Alhareky
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dental Phobia

Objective. To report the prevalence of dental phobia and associated factors among pregnant women. Materials and Methods. This cross-sectional study included pregnant women visiting hospitals in Dhahran, Khobar, and Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used to assess dental anxiety and phobia. The score of MDAS ranges from 5 to 25, and a cutoff value of 19 was used to identify participants with dental phobia. Results. The study analyzed data of 825 participants with mean age of 29.08 ± 5.18 years. The prevalence of dental phobia was 16.1%. About 46.9% of the sample believed that dental treatment should be avoided during pregnancy, and the importance of regular dental checkup was recognized by 16.4% of the participants. Dental phobia was associated with the perception of the health of teeth (P 0.004) and gums (P 0.016). Multiple logistic regression showed that being under the age of 30 years (OR 0.63, P 0.019) and updating knowledge about oral health (OR 0.49, P 0.006) were significantly associated with reduced likelihood of dental phobia. However, having bad dental experience (OR 2.13, P 0.001) and being in first trimester of pregnancy (OR 1.57, P 0.033) were significantly associated with increased odds of dental phobia. Conclusions. A considerable proportion of pregnant women reported dental phobia. The bad dental experience was associated with increased dental phobia. However, reduced likelihood of dental phobia was associated with updating oral health knowledge. Healthcare professionals may consider these factors to reduce dental phobia and improve oral health of pregnant women.

scholarly journals Dental anxiety and oral health outcomes among rural older adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronny A. Bell ◽  
Thomas A. Arcury ◽  
Andrea M. Anderson ◽  
Haiying Chen ◽  
Margaret R. Savoca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Rural Older Adults ◽  
Oral Health Outcomes

Dental anxiety – conditions, models, therapy

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Sobol-Kwapińska ◽  
Alicja Senejko ◽  
Leszek Jaśkiewicz ◽  
Anna Kwiatkowska
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
Dental Appointments

Dental anxiety is a condition suffered by many dental patients. It causes psychological discomfort and avoidance of dental appointments, which in turn may lead to oral health issues. Dental anxiety has not yet been fully explored and seems to be still posing challenge to both dentists and psychologists. The aim of this article is to review dental anxiety studies, paying particular attention to the conditions, social, demographic and psychological correlations, as well as the ramifications of this type of anxiety. The article presents the most common psychological models of dental anxiety, methods to measure this type of anxiety and therapy techniques used with patients suffering from dental anxiety.

scholarly journals Prevalence and factors associated with dental anxiety among primary school teachers in Ngara District, Tanzania

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene K. Minja ◽  
Anord C. Jovin ◽  
Godbless J. Mandari
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Factors Associated

Background: Dental anxiety has been associated with several negative effects on patients and communities’ oral health. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with dental anxiety among primary school teachers in Ngara district, Tanzania.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study utilized self-administered questionnaire to collect socio-demographic and behavioural details. A Kiswahili version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used to assess dental anxiety.Results: The Kiswahili version of MDAS showed good face validity and reliability with standardized Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.86. The prevalence of high dental anxiety (MDAS≥ 19) was 1.2%. A significant higher percentage of schoolteachers with dental anxiety was observe among those with low education; who visited a dentist at least once in the past two years; and those who visited the dentist when having a dental problem. Sex, age, marital status and perceived oral health status did not show a significant difference.Conclusion: The Kiswahili version of MDAS showed acceptable psychometrics. The prevalence of dental anxiety among school teachers in a rural district of Ngara in Tanzania was low. To maintain the low prevalence of dental anxiety and subsequently reducing it, oral health education and promotion on preventive dental heath seeking behaviours is advocated.

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