Association Between Self‐Reported Oral Health and Dental Fear Among Illicit Drug Users in Northern Finland [PDF]
Objectives 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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Association of Dental Fear with Caries Status and Self-Reported Dentition-Related Well-Being in Finnish Conscripts. [PDF]
The main aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the prevalence of dental fear among Finnish conscripts. Other aims were to study the association between dental fear and cariological status as well as their self-reported, dentition-related well ...
Kämppi A+7 more
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Fear of Pain and Dental Care-Related Fear: Associations with the MC1R Gene [PDF]
Fear of pain is experienced in acute and chronic pain populations, as well as generally, and impacts numerous aspects of the pain experience, including pain intensity, pain-related disability, and pain behavior (e.g., avoidance).
Randall, Cameron L.
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Child dental fear in low-income and non-low-income families: A school-based survey study
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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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
Sunil Raj, Kiran Aradhya, V Nagakishore
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Effects of fear of dental pain and information type on fear and pain responding during endodontic treatment [PDF]
Fear of pain is an important factor within dental settings. Information is an effective method of enhancing predictability about aversive events during dental and medical procedures and can decrease fear and pain during treatment.
Sorrell, John T.
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Reliability and Validity of Scales for Assessing Child Dental Fear and Anxiety
Introduction Children with high dental anxiety display uncooperative behavior during dental procedures. Different self-assessment questionnaires are in use to estimate the prevalence of dental fear and anxiety (DFA) in children but they need to be tested
Jasna Leko+2 more
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Dental fear in children with repeated tooth injuries [PDF]
Tooth injuries are serious clinical conditions. Some children experience dental trauma only once, while others are more prone to repeated tooth injuries. Repeated dental trauma occurs in 19.4% to 30% of patients.
Dubravka Negovetić Vranić+5 more
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Prevalence of dental fear and its causes using three measurement scales among children in New Delhi
Introduction: There is a great need for identifying fearful children, who often present problems in patient management, thus affecting the quality of dental care rendered to them.
Anju Singh Rajwar, Mridula Goswami
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Psychological Intrusion – An Overlooked Aspect of Dental Fear [PDF]
Dental fear/anxiety is a widely recognised problem affecting a large proportion of the population. It can result in avoidance and/or difficulty accepting dental care.
Aartman+214 more
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