Cognitive vulnerability and dental fear [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2008 Background The Cognitive Vulnerability Model proposes that perceptions of certain characteristics of a situation are critical determinants of fear. Although the model is applicable to all animal, natural environment and situational fears, it has not yet ...
Spencer A John +2 more
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The impact of dental fear on the dental attendance behaviors: A retrospective study [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Objective: The aim is to investigate the causes of dental fear and its impact on dental attendance behaviors. Materials and Methods: A short questionnaire was distributed to participants at different dental clinics and by emails to evaluate their ...
Ali A Alenezi, Hamad S Aldokhayel
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How Can We Reduce Dental Fear in Children? The Importance of the First Dental Visit [PDF]
Children, 2021 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 ...
María Carrillo-Díaz +4 more
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Dental fear in school children and young adults attending public dental health care: prevalence and relationship to gender, oral disease and dental treatment; trends over 40 years [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2022 Purpose To study prevalence of dental fear and the relationship to gender, oral disease and dental treatment between 1973 and 2013 in school children and young adults attending public dental health care.
Anna Nydell Helkimo +2 more
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Does Dental Fear in Children Predict Untreated Dental Caries? An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Children, 2021 Despite free health care services in Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of caries in children is substantially greater in comparison to other high-income countries. Dental fear in children may be an important issue that needs attention.
Suman Panda +5 more
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Qualitative Evaluation of YouTube Videos on Dental Fear, Anxiety and Phobia. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 The aim of this study was to review the health information of dental fear-, dental anxiety-, and dental phobia-related videos on YouTube. The 100 most widely viewed videos for the keywords “dental fear”, “dental anxiety”, and “dental phobia” were chosen ...
Wong NSM +3 more
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Dental Fear among Medical and Dental Undergraduates [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Objective. To assess the prevalence and level of dental fear among health related undergraduates and to identify factors causing such fear using Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey (DFS) questionnaire. Methods.
H. Hakim, I. A. Razak
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The vicious cycle of dental fear: exploring the interplay between oral health, service utilization and dental fear [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2007 Background Based on the hypothesis that a vicious cycle of dental fear exists, whereby the consequences of fear tend to maintain that fear, the relationship between dental fear, self-reported oral health status and the use of dental services was explored.
Spencer A John +2 more
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The Relationship between Dental Fear and Anxiety, General Anxiety/Fear, Sensory Over-Responsivity, and Oral Health Behaviors and Outcomes: A Conceptual Model. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Dental fear and anxiety (DFA) is common across the lifespan and represents a barrier to proper oral health behaviors and outcomes. The aim of this study is to present a conceptual model of the relationships between DFA, general anxiety/fear, sensory over-
Stein Duker LI +4 more
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Methods Helping Dentists to Detect Dental Fear [PDF]
International Dental Journal, 2023 Objectives: Dental fear is common and yet often remains unrecognised. COVID-19 has challenged health care since 2020. This study aimed to evaluate patients’ self-reported dental fear and detection of dental fear by the dentists.
Taina Kankaala +6 more
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