Prevalence of dental anxiety and fear in children in Singapore

Chellappah, N. K.; Vignehsa, H; Milgrom, Peter; Lam, Lo Geok

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1990.tb00075.x

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“…Perhaps the higher anticipated pain level relates to the fact that these are injection-related procedures compared to other orthodontic procedures. 21 Patients' experiences of pain significantly decreased over the 7-day postoperative observation period, which is in accordance with other studies. 5,20,22 The majority of subjects reported ''little or no pain'' during the microimplant operation and 78% of patients overestimated the level of pain associated with microimplant surgery.…”

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Patients' Perceptions Regarding Microimplant as Anchorage in Orthodontics

Lee

McGrath

Wong

et al. 2008

The Angle Orthodontist

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Objective: To determine patients' expectations, acceptance, and experience of pain with microimplant surgery compared to other orthodontic procedures. Materials and Methods: Seventy-eight microimplants were placed in 37 patients as an anchorage unit for orthodontic treatment. Patients were asked to rate anticipated pain and pain experienced with various orthodontic procedures (tooth extraction, insertion of separators, initial tooth alignment, and microimplant surgery) on a visual analog scale (VAS) over a 7-day period. One month after insertion of microimplants, patients were asked to rate their acceptance of the procedure using a structured questionnaire. Results: Unlike other orthodontic procedures, patients expected to experience a significantly higher level of pain with microimplant surgery than they experienced (P Ͻ .001). The postoperative pain experienced decreased continuously from day 1 to day 7 for all orthodontic procedures (P Ͻ .05). The total area under the curve (AUC) of pain experienced over the 7-day period was significantly larger for initial tooth alignment than for microimplant surgery (P Ͻ .05). Most patients were satisfied with the microimplant surgery (76%) and would recommend it to a friend or family member (78%). Conclusions: Patients tended to overestimate the pain anticipated with microimplant surgery. Patients were accepting of the surgery and would recommend it to others.

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Patients' Perceptions Regarding Microimplant as Anchorage in Orthodontics

Lee

McGrath

Wong

et al. 2008

The Angle Orthodontist

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“…The significance of dental anxiety as an issue in dentistry is magnified by the high prevalence of dental anxiety reported in many countries, which varies 3% to 43% in different population [10,12,13]. The need to explore dental anxiety in Indian children led to the development of current study.…”

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“…Anxiety and fear of dental treatment has been recognized as potentially problematic, entities in patient management [10,11]. Information on the origin of dental anxiety and uncooperative behavior in a child patient prior to treatment may help the pediatric dentist to plan appropriate behavior management and treatment strategies.…”

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Prevalence of Dental Anxiety and Associated Factors among Indian Children

Sathyaprasad

Lalugol

George

2018

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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“…In order to lessen the level of dental fear in children, repetitive oral health examinations, oral hygiene teachings and parental counseling were required to stop the child from experiencing pain and hence reduce the essential for injections at a very young age. [13] …”

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Prevalence of dental fear and its relationship to dental caries and gingival disease among school children in Puducherry: A cross-sectional study

Prathima¹,

Varghese²,

Sajeev³

et al. 2017

JCRI

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Background: Dental fear in children has a devastating effect on their behavior which includes them to have a predetermined notion that the dental treatment would be of a painful experience. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of dental fear and its association with dental caries and gingival disease in 6-12-year-old school children in Puducherry. Materials and Methods: A total of 400 school children (200 boys) and (200 girls) were selected randomly between 6 and 12 years age group. Children completed a modified questionnaire from dental fear survey questionnaire and undertook an oral examination using decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) Index and Loe and Silness gingival index (GI). Results: Prevalence of low to moderate "general dental fear" was 46%, and while that of high dental fear was 72%. The mean DMFT (1.82 ± 1.74) and GI (1.02 ± 0.54) of boys was not significantly different from the DMFT (1.96 ± 81) and GI (0.95 ± 0.55) of girls (P > 0.05). Spearman's correlation test demonstrated negative correlation between age and dental fear (r = −0.523; P = 0.005). Conclusion: No significant alteration was found between male and female children regarding DMFT and gingival scores. Dental fear scores decreased with increasing age. No association was found between dental fear and DMFT and GI scores.

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Prevalence of dental anxiety and fear in children in Singapore

Cited by 100 publications

References 5 publications

Patients' Perceptions Regarding Microimplant as Anchorage in Orthodontics

Patients' Perceptions Regarding Microimplant as Anchorage in Orthodontics

Prevalence of Dental Anxiety and Associated Factors among Indian Children

Prevalence of dental fear and its relationship to dental caries and gingival disease among school children in Puducherry: A cross-sectional study

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