2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00416.x
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Dental anxiety and quality of life: the effect of dental treatment

Abstract: The results underline the importance of applying effective treatment methods for dentally anxious patients, not only with the purpose to alleviate their dental anxiety and to improve their oral health, but also because it contributes to an enhancement of their QoL.

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“…12,17 Lęk stomatologiczny może niekorzystnie wpływać na inne dziedziny życia, co pokazują obserwacje duńskiej populacji cierpiącej na dentofobię. Według obserwacji Vermaire et al 18 27 na 30 pacjentów podających lęk przed leczeniem odczuwa zakłopotanie z powodu stanu swoje go uzębienia, rzadziej się uśmiecha, co obniża pewność siebie i utrudnia kontakty społeczne.…”
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“…12,17 Lęk stomatologiczny może niekorzystnie wpływać na inne dziedziny życia, co pokazują obserwacje duńskiej populacji cierpiącej na dentofobię. Według obserwacji Vermaire et al 18 27 na 30 pacjentów podających lęk przed leczeniem odczuwa zakłopotanie z powodu stanu swoje go uzębienia, rzadziej się uśmiecha, co obniża pewność siebie i utrudnia kontakty społeczne.…”
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“…As a consequence, these variables act as predictors for cancelled/missed appointments, a decrease in pain threshold with increase in patient discomfort, poor compliance, increased number of emergency appointments, jeopardized patient/dentist relationship, high Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, poor oral health perception, decreased self-esteem, and decreased oral health-related quality of life. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Women were found to be more affected than men, and there is a tendency for the younger age groups to have more anxiety. 12 Dental anxiety was found to have a direct relationship with pain perception.…”
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“…A ansiedade ainda representa uma séria barreira à utilização dos serviços odontológicos, mesmo quando muito necessários, resultando em efeitos detrimentais à saúde bucal (Bottan et al, 2007;Coulson & Buchanan, 2008;Heft, Meng, Bradley, & Lang, 2007;Lahmann et al, 2008;Vermaire, de Jongh, & Aartman, 2008), podendo também levar a graves problemas de saúde como a pneumonia, infecção urinária, febre, septcemia, mediastinites, extensão intracranial de abcessos periapicais, osteomielites faciais, sinusites e sepsis (Mehrstedt, John, Tonnies, & Micheelis, 2007). Além disso, autores relatam que indivíduos com ansiedade odontológica usam mais medicamentos, tem normalmente um maior consumo de álcool e drogas ilícitas e uma alta frequência de faltas no emprego devido a doenças, resultando em prejuízos em escala global (Berggren, 2001;Mehrstedt et al, 2007), estando associada também a problemas sociais e ocupacionais (Peltier, 2009).…”
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