Dental caries experience and prevalence of children afraid of dental treatment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dental caries experience and prevalence of children afraid of dental treatment

AU - Bedi, Raman

AU - Sutcliffe, Philip

AU - Donnan, Peter

AU - Barrett, Nicola

AU - McConnachie, John

PY - 1992/1/1

Y1 - 1992/1/1

N2 - The aim of this study was to examine the clinical outcome with regard to dental caries of high self reported dental anxiety in a group of Scottish secondary schoolchildren. 1103 children participated in the study, mean age 14 yr (sd 0.35 yr), and the prevalence of high dental anxiety was 7.1% (95% CI = 5.6%, 8.6%). When these children were compared with their contemporaries their DM FT and all its components were higher but only the mean MT reached statistical significance after adjusting for gender and social class. Children with a high dental anxiety were 62% more likely to have at least I missing tooth due to caries. In addition this group when compared to the rest of the study population, had a significantly lower mean number of teeth fissure scaled and a lower proportion of children with sealants. No similar trend was obvious for children who had a high general Tear. The dentally anxious more accurately perceived their treatment need and were more likely to defer, cancel or not turn up for dental appointments.

AB - The aim of this study was to examine the clinical outcome with regard to dental caries of high self reported dental anxiety in a group of Scottish secondary schoolchildren. 1103 children participated in the study, mean age 14 yr (sd 0.35 yr), and the prevalence of high dental anxiety was 7.1% (95% CI = 5.6%, 8.6%). When these children were compared with their contemporaries their DM FT and all its components were higher but only the mean MT reached statistical significance after adjusting for gender and social class. Children with a high dental anxiety were 62% more likely to have at least I missing tooth due to caries. In addition this group when compared to the rest of the study population, had a significantly lower mean number of teeth fissure scaled and a lower proportion of children with sealants. No similar trend was obvious for children who had a high general Tear. The dentally anxious more accurately perceived their treatment need and were more likely to defer, cancel or not turn up for dental appointments.

KW - dental anxiety

KW - dental caries

KW - epidemiology

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027026594

U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb00701.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb00701.x

M3 - Article

C2 - 1464234

AN - SCOPUS:0027026594

SN - 0301-5661

VL - 20

SP - 368

EP - 371

JO - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

JF - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

IS - 6

ER -