ArticleDentistry journal2019
Factors Associated with Dental Fear and Anxiety in Children Aged 7 to 9 Years.
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Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction Versus Audio Distraction on Anxiety and Pain Reduction in Children Undergoing Dental Treatment (A Randomized Clinical Trial)
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.
- Virtual reality and behaviour management in paediatric dentistry: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Resin-based sealing vs resin-modified glass-ionomer filling for treatment of occlusal cavitated dentine caries lesions in primary molars - a multi-center randomized controlled split-mouth 3-year follow-up clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Trial
- The impact of radiographic examination timing and gag reflex on dental fear and cooperation in children: a comparative clinical study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025Trial
- Effect of Choice of Flavor of Fluoride Varnish on Behavior in Dental Visits in Schoolchildren.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of virtual reality glasses with integrated sign language in reducing dental anxiety during pulpotomy in children with hearing impairment: a randomized controlled trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- The effect of parental presence on the anxiety during first dental treatment in children.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Trial
- Pain and discomfort during the first week of maxillary expansion using two different expanders: patient-reported outcomes in a randomized controlled trial.European journal of orthodontics · 2023Trial
- The Efficacy of Little Lovely Dentist, Dental Song, and Tell-Show-Do Techniques in Alleviating Dental Anxiety in Paediatric Patients: A Clinical Trial.BioMed research international · 2021Trial
- Assessment of Tell-Read-Do Technique in Comparison with Ask-Tell-Ask Technique and Conventional Tell-Show-Do Technique in Management of Anxious Pediatric Dental Patients Aged 7-10 Years: An Interventional Clinical Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- Family Determinants of Dental Fear and Anxiety Among Children Aged 6-8 Years in Jakarta, Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Incorporating the Psychological Perspective into Traditional Prevention in Pediatric Dentistry with the PaFein+ Project: Trained Parents Can Help.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between dental anxiety and generalized anxiety among females in Saudi Arabia and Jordan: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Associations of parenting stress with coping strategies, dental fear, and behaviour during dental treatment in school-aged children: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Clinical Pathways in Managing High-Caries Children with Adverse Dental Histories.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Salivary Alpha Amylase as a Noninvasive Biomarker in Dental Apprehension in Children: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Dental anxiety among children attending university-affiliated special needs and child dental clinics in Trinidad and tobago: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Dental anxiety among students in Indonesia: the role of demographic, behavioral, social, and spiritual support.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Comparative assessment of pharmacological and nonpharmacological anxiety management in pediatric dentistry - AnBioinformation · 2025Article
- Patients' attitudes toward artificial intelligence in dentistry and their trust in dentists.Oral radiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim was to investigate changes in dental fear and anxiety (DFA) and verify factors associated with DFA in children. A longitudinal cohort study that included 160 children aged 7 years was carried out. A questionnaire was completed by parents at two time points and evaluated the immigrant background, maternal education, whether the child had ever had toothache, and whether the parents had dental fear. The oral clinical examination evaluated decayed, extracted, and filled primary teeth (deft). The children's fear survey schedule dental subscale (CFSS-DS) was used to assess the dental fear of the children. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regressions analyses were used. The CFSS-DS found that 7% of the children had dental fear at age 7 and mean CFSS-DS was 22.9. At 9 years of age, 8% reported dental fear and the mean increased to 25.4. Parental dental fear, experience of toothache, and report of painful dental treatment and caries development between 7 and 9 years of age were factors that were significantly related to development of DFA. There was a change in DFA between 7 and 9 years of age. Dental fear and anxiety is a dynamic process in growing individuals and is significantly related to painful symptoms and experiences of dental care as well as parental dental fear.
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