Children's dental anxiety in the United Kingdom in 2003

Nuttall, N M; Gilbert, Angela; Morris, John

doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2008.05.014

Cited by 46 publications

(31 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This result agrees with previous studies (2,3) that found a higher prevalence of dental fear in preschoolers from low income families. Other studies have also found that anxious children tend to live in more deprived areas and come from lower social class than the non-anxious ones (18). Socioeconomic position has been evidenced as a strong marker for health indicators and those more deprived exhibited worse general and also oral health conditions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Clinical and Individual Variables in Children’s Dental Fear: A School-Based Investigation

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of dental fear and associated factors in schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years old, in Pelotas, southern Brazil. Schoolchildren enrolled in 20 public and private schools were selected using a multi-stage sample design. Sociodemographic characteristics, children's dental visit and oral hygiene habits were assessed by questionnaires. The Dental Anxiety Question was used to measure dental fear prevalence. Children's clinical examination evaluated presence of dental caries (DMFT/dmft index) and gingival bleeding. Data were analyzed using Poisson regression with robust variance (prevalence ratio; 95% confidence interval). One thousand two hundred and two children were included. Dental fear prevalence was 24.6%. After the adjustment, girls [PR=1.71 (CI 95%: 1.31-2.22)], children from poorer families [PR=1.96 (CI 95%: 1.36-2.83)], those who had decayed teeth (D/d index>0)[PR=1.32 (CI 95%: 1.01-1.72), and who had never been at the dentist [PR=1.85 (CI 95%: 1.42-2.41) remained significantly associated with dental fear. The prevalence of dental fear indicates that it is a common problem among schoolchildren. Early dental care and dental caries prevention are important factors to prevent dental fear.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Clinical and Individual Variables in Children’s Dental Fear: A School-Based Investigation

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Family socioeconomic status [Townend et al, 2000;Oliveira and Colares, 2009] and the lack of parents' seeking dental assistance regularly [Nuttall et al, 2008;Goettems et al, 2012a] have been associated with the prevalence of dental fear in children. Additionally, other studies showed that dentally anxious parents might present children with higher levels of caries [Goettems et al, 2012b] or produce similar fears in their offspring [Rantavuori et al, 2002;Milsom et al, 2003].…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dental Caries Is Associated with Dental Fear in Childhood: Findings from a Birth Cohort Study

et al. 2014

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of dental fear in preschool children and to estimate its association with maternal and children characteristics. Methods: The study was nested in a population-based birth cohort from Pelotas, Brazil, started in 2004. A sample of 1,129 children aged 5 years was dentally examined, and their mothers were interviewed. Dental fear was investigated using a validated instrument through the question ‘Do you think that your child is afraid of going to the dentist?'. The possible answers were (1) ‘no', (2) ‘yes, a little', (3) ‘yes' and (4) ‘yes, a lot'. The outcome was dichotomized as ‘children without dental fear' (answers 1 and 2) and ‘children with dental fear' (answers 3 and 4). Exploratory variables included demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, maternal oral health status and maternal behaviors. The main explanatory variables were caries and dental pain. Data were analyzed using multivariable Poisson regression. Results: The prevalence of dental fear was 16.8% (95% confidence interval 14.6-19.0). Multivariate analysis showed that the lower the family income at birth and the higher the severity of dental caries, the higher the prevalence of dental fear. Children who never visited the dentist and those who frequently experienced dental pain were positively associated with higher dental fear prevalence. Conclusions: Presence of dental caries and dental pain were associated with dental fear regardless of socioeconomic origin and lack of dental service use in childhood.

show abstract

“…FLACC scale has been appointed as a standard scale for convergent validity investigations for some common scales [24], or recently innovate [25,26] so the researcher tries to approve its innovated scale's convergence or exceeding in comparison with FLACC scale, to get the acceptance and propagation for his scale [27].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of FLACC Scale: A Clinical Trial

Albab¹,

Shakhashero²

2016

J Anesth Clin Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Children's dental anxiety in the United Kingdom in 2003

Cited by 46 publications

References 6 publications

Clinical and Individual Variables in Children’s Dental Fear: A School-Based Investigation

Clinical and Individual Variables in Children’s Dental Fear: A School-Based Investigation

Dental Caries Is Associated with Dental Fear in Childhood: Findings from a Birth Cohort Study

The Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of FLACC Scale: A Clinical Trial

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About