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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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 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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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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Dental Fear and Dental Health and Attendance among Finnish Male Prisoners [PDF]
eJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2019 Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental fear and the associations between dental fear and dental health and dental attendance among Finnish prisoners. Material and Methods: Eighty-nine voluntary male prisoners
Raija Vainionpää +4 more
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Correlation Between Child's Dental Fear and Anxiety Symptoms and Evaluating Factors Associated With Dental Fear [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims This study aimed to assess the correlation between dental fear and anxiety problems and evaluate factors associated with dental fear.
Pegah Farzanegan +3 more
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Patient perceptions and experiences of dental fear of different dental specialties: a mixed-method study [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2023 Objective The primary objective of this study was to validate an Urdu translation of Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey (DFS) for use in Pakistan and to explore which items contribute the most to the variance in dental fear scores based on patient ...
Muhammad Taqi +5 more
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Dental fear among adolescents with cleft [PDF]
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2021 AbstractBackgroundDental fear is a prevalent phenomenon among children and adolescents globally.AimTo investigate dental fear among 18‐year‐olds with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) at their final follow‐up cleft clinic visit, and to evaluate the association between dental fear and OHRQoL.DesignThis cross‐sectional study included the cohort of children ...
Vuokko Anttonen +10 more
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Psychometric evaluation of the Lebanese Arabic version of the Dental Fear Survey: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2021 Background Dental fear is a prevalent problem that can lead to poor dental health. The Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey (DFS) is one of the used scales to assess dental fear.
Hiba Kassem El Hajj +2 more
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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.
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