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Dental fear association between mothers and adolescents-a longitudinal study.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- The change in dental fear and anxiety toward dental examinations among preschool children in Hong Kong. 18-months longitudinal study.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Effects of maternal dental anxiety on the time of first dental visit and dental caries status of children.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Two-Year Trajectories of Dental Anxiety in Parents and Their Association with Parents' and Children's Oral Healthcare Procedures in FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Concordance of Fathers and Mothers in the Assessment of Their 5-Year-Old Child's Dental Fear.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
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- Modelling health belief predictors of oral health and dental anxiety among adolescents based on the Health Belief Model: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Parental Dental Fear and Anxiety (DFA) on Adolescent Dental Treatment: A Narrative review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
- Effectiveness of Audiovisual Distraction Technique and Filmed Modeling on Anxiety and Fear in Pediatric Dental Patients.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
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Abstract
aimTo assess the longitudinal association between adolescents' and their mothers' dental fear. STUDY
designA longitudinal questionnaire survey study.
methodsA randomized sample of 12-year-old adolescents were selected from local Hong Kong schools. Adolescents and their mothers self-completed the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). The sociodemographic background of the mothers and the oral health habits of the adolescents were also collected and these measurements were repeated at 15- and 18-years-old. Non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney
resultsA total of 212 mother-child pairs were recruited at baseline (12-year-old adolescents). In the first and second follow-ups (15- and 18-years-old), 195 and 182 mother-child pairs completed the survey. Significant associations between mother's and child's scores in "feeling about having their teeth scraped and polished", "having teeth drilled", and 'having an injection in the gum' were found when adolescents were 12- years-old (
conclusionAdolescents' and mothers' dental fear is associated at 12-years-old and 18-years-old, but not at 15-years-old, which is likely specific to the Hong Kong context but may be extrapolated to other industrialized countries with caution.
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