| Patterns of dental anxiety in children after sequential dental visits. | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 22122848 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
AIM: To determine whether gradually exposing Brazilian children to the dental environment would decrease their levels of dental anxiety over a 14.5-month period. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was carried out on 302 children of both genders, aged 6-7 years old. Dental anxiety was assessed using the Facial Image Scale (FIS) at five time points: 1) before an epidemiological examination; 2) before the first treatment session; 3) before the second treatment session; 4) before the first evaluation session 5) before the second evaluation session. STATISTICS: ANOVA, Student-t tests and ANCOVA were used to analyse the data. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant decrease in levels of dental anxiety between time points 1 and 5. Eighty-nine percent of the children with FIS score 1 or 2 at baseline had the same scores at the last time point, whereas 82% of children with FIS score 4 or 5 at baseline had a FIS score of 1 or 2 at the last time point. CONCLUSION: A gradual exposure of children to the dental environment in sequential dental visits of different natures in a school premise decreased their levels of dental anxiety over a 14.5-month period. |
Authors:
|
D M de Menezes Abreu; S C Leal; J Mulder; J E Frencken |
Related Documents
:
|
22114428 - Effect of recasting of nickel-chromium alloy on its porosity. 22117788 - Quality of data gathered with international caries detection and assessment system (icd... 22184598 - Trends in material choice for posterior restorations in an israeli dental school: compo... 22224548 - Osteoblastic/cementoblastic and neural differentiation of dental stem cells and their a... 12153448 - Radiological examination of dental castings -- a review of the method and comparisons o... 17626228 - Job satisfaction among radiation therapy educators. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Volume: 12 ISSN: 1818-6300 ISO Abbreviation: Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-11-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 101277157 Medline TA: Eur Arch Paediatr Dent Country: England |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 298-302 Citation Subset: D; IM |
Affiliation:
|
D.M. de Menezes Abreu. Rua 35 Sul Lote 9 Apto. 1204 - Ed. Del Fiori Solarium, Águas Claras 71931-180 - Brasília/DF, Brazil. Email: danimdm@yahoo.com.br. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Impact of dental pain on daily living of five-year-old Brazilian preschool children: prevalence and ...
Next Document: Paediatric dentistry education of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) in Brazilian dental schools...