How Can We Reduce Dental Fear in Children? The Importance of the First Dental Visit [PDF]
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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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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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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Prevalence of Dental Fear and its Association with Painful Oral Conditions in Adolescents [PDF]
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of dental fear and evaluate its association with dental caries and with Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) in schoolchildren aged 11-14 years.
Isla Camilla Carvalho Laureano+3 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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Influence of parental authority in development of dental fear among adolescents [PDF]
Background and objectives: Dental fear among adolescents may be associated with parenting style, however, there is little research of its effect in the Indian population.
Pankhuri Mehrotra+4 more
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The prevalence of dental anxiety and fear among 4–13-year-old Nepalese children
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of dental fear and anxiety among children aged 4–13 years using three fear scales, i.e., facial image scale (FIS), Nepalese version of Children's Fear Survey Schedule–Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS), and ...
Nitin Khanduri+2 more
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Management of fear and anxiety in the dental clinic: a review [PDF]
Jason Armfield, Jm Armfield
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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).
Cameron L. Randall
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