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Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of dental fear and its related factors among patients managed in a pediatric dental clinic of a university hospital in Tanzania. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out at the paediatric dental clinic of the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) between November 2018 and April 2019. It included all paediatric dental patients aged between 6 and 12 years. A questionnaire used in this study captured information regarding patient's socio-demographic characteristics and the number of previous visits to the dental clinic. A fifteen-item Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) was used to assess the dental fear status in these pediatric patients. Results: A total of 223 paediatric dental patients aged between 6 years and 12 years were included in the study. The mean age of participants was 9.52 ± 1.74 years with a male to female ratio ofl: 1.04. The means CFSS-DS score was 31.1 ± 8.57. Fear scores were high for Injections (3.37 ± 1.13), a stranger's touch (2.81 ± 1.08) and choking (2.69 ± 0.99). The presence of dental fear was found to be significantly associated with the parents' education level (p=0.001) and previous dental visits (p < 0.001 ). Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the prevalence of paediatric dental fear was low among the participants of this study. The education level of parents and previous dental visits were determinants of dental fear in children. Injections, being touched by strangers, and choking were the common fear-provoking factors.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Risk Factors , Dental Anxiety , DentistsABSTRACT
La atención odontológica despierta en numerosos pacientes, especialmente en los niños, miedo y ansiedad que pueden originar conductas de rechazo a la misma o dificultar el trabajo del profesional. Para registrar la prevalencia e identificar los miedos más frecuentes en relación a la atención odontológica, se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y longitudinal en un trabajo interdisciplinario con Musicoterapia. Se utilizó la Escala del Miedo (CFSS-DS), Dental Subscale of the Childrens' Fear Survey. Los resultados en un promedio de edades en años 11,41; desvío = 2,80, registraron el 53% en la puntuación 38:39. Corresponde 54.34% al sexo femenino y 45.66% al sexo masculino. El mayor porcentaje de miedo se registró a los 10 años de edad 15.24% y en el sexo femenino 54.34%. En conclusión, registrar y reconocer los miedos dentales ofreció un espacio de reflexión y elaboración de los mismos, con docentes y alumnos de grado, para desarrollar, en un tratamiento interdisciplinario con musicoterapia, estrategias que favorezcan una mejor adherencia de los pacientes al tratamiento odontológico y habilidades inherentes y habilidades sociales inherentes a la relación odontólogo-paciente. El miedo manifiesto a la atención odontológica sin ser resuelto satisfactoriamente puede entorpecer las mejores intenciones del profesional en el desarrollo de su tarea (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Child Behavior/psychology , Dental Anxiety/psychology , Fear , Music Therapy , Argentina , Pain Measurement , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Longitudinal Studies , Age and Sex DistributionABSTRACT
Aim: Aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the anxiety levels of children and their parents at different visits to the Department of Pedodontics Methodology: Present study was carried out on 30 children aged 6-14 years and their parents who attended the OPD of Dept. of Pedodontics, Anxiety assessment was done using Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) for children & Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) for parents. Results: Anxiety levels of the children was significantly less on the second visit (mean 22.23±5.20)when compared to the first visit(mean 28.13±6.82)(p-value 0.001).There is significant positive correlation between child's age and parent's anxiety(p-value 0.038).There is Nosignificant correlation between Parent's anxiety and child's anxiety at 1st visit (p-value 0.286). Conclusion: The study showed that there is gradual decrease in dental anxiety in children in subsequent visits, we found Significant positive correlation between Child's age and parents's anxiety and No-significant correlation between parental and child's anxiety
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The aim of this study was to investigate difference of child's dental fear and agreement between parent/child dyads according to parental rearing style.The subjects were 801 children aged 8 and 11-year old and their parents in Jeonju city. The parents were asked to answer a questionnaire which included four parental rearing style and the Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale(CFSS-DS) at home. Also, the CFSS-DS was completed by 8 and 11 years old children in a classroom.Authoritative, permissive, authoritarian and neglectful parenting styles were 53.4%, 45.8%, 0.2% and 0.6% respectively. Authoritative and permissive parents reported 5.7 and 7.5 points higher than dental fear scores reported by their children. At 8 years old, children of authoritative parents were significantly 3.9 points higher than them of permissive parents(p = 0.002). Also, parent/child dyads showed moderate agreement assessing dental fear at aged 8.Parenting styles are related to children's dental fear, and especially 8-year-old girls in authoritative parenting styles have the highest dental fear. However, as age increased, the impact of parental styles on children's dental fear decreased.