Comparing oral health in patients with different levels of dental anxiety

Dental Anxiety is still today one of the most common fears and is therefore a great challenge for every dental practitioner. The aim of this study was to identify patients with dental anxiety using the Dental Anxiety Scale and comparing different levels of dental anxiety with oral health using DMF-T...

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Published in:	Head & face medicine 2018-11, Vol.14 (1), p.25-25, Article 25
Main Authors:	Zinke, Alexander, Hannig, Christian, Berth, Hendrik
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anxieties Case-Control Studies Dental Anxiety Dentistry Dentists DMF Index Fear & phobias Female Humans Male Medical Psychology Middle Aged Oral Health Oral hygiene Patients Questionnaires Studies Teeth Variance analysis Young Adult
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Summary:	Dental Anxiety is still today one of the most common fears and is therefore a great challenge for every dental practitioner. The aim of this study was to identify patients with dental anxiety using the Dental Anxiety Scale and comparing different levels of dental anxiety with oral health using DMF-T and DMF-S index. This study questioned 1549 patients over the course of three years (2002-2005). DAS questionnaires were handed out before treatment and the state of oral health was evaluated using DMF-T and DMF-S. There is no significant relation between high anxiety and the global DMF-T Score (p = 0.237), missing teeth (p = 0.034) and filled teeth (p = 0.237). There is however a significant increase in destroyed teeth, the higher the level of dental anxiety in the patient (p
ISSN:	1746-160X 1746-160X