scholarly journals Factors affecting the interrelationship between cynical hostility and dental anxiety among dental patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Shashidhar Acharya ◽  
KalyanaChakravarthy Pentapati ◽  
SamuelRaj Srinivasan ◽  
Sachin Khatri
Keyword(s):  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Cynical Hostility

Prevalence of Dental Fear and Anxiety among Orthodontic patients visiting Nobel Medical College

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Anand Acharya ◽  
Bhushan Bhattarai ◽  
Nidhi Giri ◽  
Jitendra Singh ◽  
Tarakant Bhagat
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
College Teaching ◽  
Dental Procedure ◽  
Actual Treatment ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Orthodontic Patients ◽  
Response To Stress ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Introduction: Anxiety is the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen. Dental anxiety is defined as a patient’s response to stress that is associated with a dental procedure. The aim of our study is to investigate the anxiety status of dental patients visiting Orthodontic department at Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar. Materials and Method: Total 80 ongoing orthodontic patients (M =21 F=59) who completed modified Dental Anxiety Scale questionnaire were included in the study. Result: Majority of patients (65%) had moderate anxiety where as 25% had mild anxiety and around 9% had severe to extreme anxiety. Patients’ age and education level had significant association with the level of dental anxiety. Conclusion: Dental anxiety in orthodontic patients is unavoidable but needs appropriate counseling. Orthodontist’s role is crucial in bridging the gap between patients’ perception towards orthodontic treatment and the actual treatment.

Attitudes to Conscious Sedation in Patients Attending an Emergency Dental Clinic

2005 ◽  
Vol os12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edith M Allen ◽  
Nick M Girdler
Keyword(s):  
Conscious Sedation ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Dental Clinic ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
The Past ◽  
Anxious Group ◽  
Dental Appointment ◽  
The Impact

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.

scholarly journals Effect of Biological Sex Differences on the Perception of Acute Pain Stimulation in the Dental Setting

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilana Eli ◽  
Yoram Bar-Tal ◽  
Zvi Fuss ◽  
Ethan Korff
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pain ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Tooth Pulp ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Pain Stimulation ◽  
As Stress

BACKGROUND:Pain is a subjective sensory and emotional experience that is influenced by variables such as stress, anxiety and sex.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationship among sex, state and dental anxiety, and the patient's reaction to diagnostic tooth pulp stimulation.SUBJECTS AND DESIGN:The study was conducted on 64 dental patients (age 18 to 78 years, 50% were female). All subjects were evaluated twice. At time 1, subjects were requested to fill out questionnaires concerning their state and dental anxiety, and participants underwent diagnostic tooth pulp stimulation by an electric pulp tester. Four variables of the experience were recorded: sensation threshold, pain threshold, pain tolerance and the subjective evaluation of the painful experience on a visual analogue scale (VAS). At time 2, subjects were requested to record their memory of the previous experience on a VAS, and the whole procedure was repeated including record of state and dental anxiety, sensation and pain thresholds, pain tolerance and its subjective evaluation on a VAS.RESULTS:No direct correlations were found between sex and any other variable. However, there were significant differences in the relationship among the different pain and anxiety measures between both sexes.CONCLUSIONS:A man's reaction to acute pain stimulation may be more affected by psychological factors than a woman's.

scholarly journals 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.

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. 

Dentists' Perceptions, Attitudes, Knowledge, and Experience about Child Abuse and Neglect in Northeast Italy

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Manea ◽  
G. Favero ◽  
E. Stellini ◽  
L. Romoli ◽  
M. Mazzucato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Association Analyses ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Abuse And Neglect

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze dentists' perceptions, attitudes, knowledge and experience about child abuse and neglect (CAN) in an area of northeast Italy and the factors affecting the recognition and reporting of CAN cases. Material and Methods: One hundred six dentists working in both public and private sectors in the provinces of Padua and Treviso were interviewed by a single operator. Descriptive and assessing association analyses were carried out. Results: Dentists' perceptions about CAN is low, and these professionals have a poor attitude toward confronting it according to the code of conduct and laws. Available information and education are also poor. Education affects the detection and the reporting of CAN cases in a relevant way. Female gender is another factor that affects the attitude and the perception of CAN. Conclusions: The results, which are consistent with other studies, show that there is a general lack of knowledge about CAN that prevents dentists from detecting and identifying suspected cases. Despite its frequent occurrence among dental patients, neglect is the least known and identified type of abuse. Education is the critical element in enhancing the ability of professionals to detect cases.

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.

Factors Affecting Dental Attendance following Treatment for Dental Anxiety in Primary Dental Care

2001 ◽  
Vol os8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne-Marie Dailey ◽  
Alex N Crawford ◽  
Gerry Humphris ◽  
Michael A Lennon
Keyword(s):  
Dental Care ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Community Clinic ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dental Attendance ◽  
General Dental Practitioner ◽  
Mean Time

Aim To explore factors affecting patients’ dental attendance behaviour following referral from a dental anxiety clinic to a general dental practitioner. Design A four-year follow up of patients who completed a course of treatment for dental anxiety by conducting semi-structured interviews, face-to-face or by telephone, with confirmation of dental attendance from the dental records. Subjects Forty-one patients who had completed a course of treatment for dental anxiety, in a specially designed community clinic. Mean time since last dental visit before treatment was 7.8 years (range 0.5–29). Results Twenty-three patients were successfully followed up and 11 (47%) were receiving regular asymptomatic dental care. The dental anxiety scores of those who subsequently became asymptomatic attenders were significantly lower at follow-up than the patients who became symptomatic attenders (P=0.01). Effective dentist-patient communication was a common theme of the interviews. Conclusions At four-year follow-up, dental anxiety was substantially lower in those who subsequently became asymptomatic attenders than those who became symptomatic attenders. A positive dentist-patient relationship had developed with the asymptomatic attenders.

Skin Conductance, Marlowe-Crowne Defensiveness, and Dental Anxiety

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Benjamins ◽  
Albert H. B. Schuurs ◽  
Johan Hoogstraten
Keyword(s):  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Skin Conductance Level ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
High Anxious ◽  
Skin Conductance Levels ◽  
Dental Appointment ◽  
The Relationship

The present study assesses the relationship between self-reported dental anxiety (Dental Anxiety Inventory, Dental Anxiety Scale, and Duration of Psychophysiological Fear Reactions), electrodermal activity (skin-conductance level and frequency of spontaneous responses), and Marlowe-Crowne defensiveness. All measurements were made twice. The first session was scheduled immediately before a semi-annual dental check-up (stress condition), and baseline measurements were made two months later without the prospect of a dental appointment. Subjects were male dental patients who regularly attended a university dental clinic and a clinic for Special Dental Care. The main findings were that the low anxious-high defensive-scoring (Marlowe-Crowne Denial subscale) university patients showed significantly higher skin-conductance levels and frequency of nonspecific fluctuations than the low anxious-low defensive-scoring subjects. Besides, the conductance values of the low anxious-high defensive-scoring subjects resembled those of the high anxious-low defensive-scoring patients of the clinic for Special Dental Care, the baseline frequency of nonspecific fluctuations excepted.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the factors related to dental anxiety in North Indian population: a questionnaire study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2230
Author(s):  
Iqbal Singh ◽  
Nitish Bhat ◽  
Robindera Kaur ◽  
Kalpna Thakur ◽  
Hemwati Nandan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
North India ◽  
P Value ◽  
North Indian Population ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The North ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Elder People

Background: To evaluate the factors affecting dental anxiety level on the basis of a questionnaire in the North Indian Population.Methods: A questionnaire based on the various factors related to dental anxiety was formulated and distributed among the various regions of the north India. We got response from 250 people, the data was then analysed and results were formulated.Results: Out of 450 questionnaires which were distributed, a total of 400 questionnaires were received. Overall high prevalence of dental anxiety i.e. 85% was noted. More increased values for anxiety were seen for people younger than 30 years (70%), compare to that of elder people (30%). Females seem to have greater anxiety levels as compared to males (p value >0.000). Among 450 people 176 had visited clinics previously with 98 having bad experience (55.6%) and 78 people having a relatively good past dental experience (44.2%).Conclusions: Anxious patients are often more difficult to treat, therefore the questionnaire proved beneficial in estimating factors related to dental anxiety. Young people, women and those having negative dental experience had the highest anxiety levels. 

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