Assessment of dental fear in children and their relationship with dental caries
Keywords:
CFSS-DS, dental caries, dental fearAbstract
An effective dental treatment to a child patient requires knowledge to recognize dental fear and its management. Psychometric analysis of the factors that add to fear level of children can be accessed through CFSS-DS. A sample of 600 children was randomly selected. The dental fear was measured by the use of the psychometric scale Children’s Fear Survey Schedule Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Caries experience (DMFT/dmft) was performed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Mean CFSS-DS score was 21.98 ± 8.45 and the mean score of DMFT/dmft was 2.26. A statistically significant association between dental fear and dental caries was detected. DMFT/dmft scores were found to be higher among patients with high levels of dental fear than among patients with low levels of dental fear. The most fear provoking stimulus for children were injections (4.383 ± 1.52) followed by noise of the dentist drilling (3.602 ± 1.52) and choking (2.672 ± 0.75) which was not statistically significant difference in fear score between the two age groups.
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