Does Dental Fear in Children Predict Untreated Dental Caries? An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study
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.
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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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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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Associations of adverse childhood experiences with dental fear, and the mediating role of dental fear on caries experience: the Young-HUNT4 Survey [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may contribute to dental fear, which can negatively affect long-term oral health. We aimed to examine associations between specific and cumulative ACEs and dental fear in adolescents, investigate possible ...
Lena Myran +8 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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Factors Associated with Dental Fear and Anxiety in Children Aged 7 to 9 Years
Dentistry Journal, 2019 The aim was to investigate changes in dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and verify factors associated with DFA in children. A longitudinal cohort study that included 160 children aged 7 years was carried out.
A. Dahlander +3 more
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Dental Fear and Dental Health and Attendance among Finnish Male Prisoners
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 from
R. Vainionpää +4 more
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Association Between Self‐Reported Oral Health and Dental Fear Among Illicit Drug Users in Northern Finland [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Dental ResearchObjectives About 10% of adults in northern Finland have severe dental fear, but there is a lack of detailed knowledge about dental fear among illicit drug users.
Raija Vainionpää +4 more
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International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, 2013 Fear of dental treatment in children has been recognized as a source of serious health problems and it may persist into adolescence, which may lead to a disruptive behavior, during dental treatment. In order to prevent this psychometric method namely the dental subscale of the children's fear survey schedule (CFSS-DS) is a well-known psychometric scale
Manisha Agarwal +4 more
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Child dental fear in low-income and non-low-income families: A school-based survey study
Journal of Dental Sciences, 2014 Background/purpose: Dental fear results in avoidance of dental visits, which is associated with a greater number of caries among school-aged children. This study aimed to assess the relationship between direct (conditioning) and indirect (modeling and ...
Yi-Ling Lin +10 more
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