ArticleEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2022
Young patients' self-reported fear compared to professionals' assessments during invasive and non-invasive dental visits: a prospective, longitudinal study.
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- Impact of molar incisor hypomineralization on oral health-related quality of life, dental fear and anxiety in Swedish children.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Trial
- Parenting Styles and Sedation Efficacy in Pediatric Dental Care; A Study in Uncooperative Children Aged 4 to 6 Years: Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Article
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purposeThe main purpose was to study young patients' self-reports on dental fear over a 5-year period, prospectively. Also, to compare these to professionals' proxy reports for dental fear during invasive and non-invasive dental visits. The research question was, to what extent the self-reports and dental professionals' proxy reports are congruent, and if there were patient age-dependent differences.
methods3134 patients from 11 public dental clinics, representing urban and rural areas, were invited. Four age cohorts were formed: 3, 7, 11, and 15 years of age and followed between the years 2008 and 2012. Dental examinations (non-invasive) and restorative treatments + extractions (invasive) were registered. During the treatments, self-reports regarding fear and professional proxy reports were registered: Not afraid at all = 0, little nervous = 1, quite afraid = 2, very scared = 3, terrified = 4.
results2363 patients completed the cohort periods (51% girls and 49% boys). In all, 9708 dental examinations, restorations and extractions were performed. The fear prevalence increased with the invasiveness of the dental procedure; 7-56%. For dental examinations and restorations, fear declined with ascending age. The highest fear prevalence was reported for dental extractions. Younger children reported fear more frequently than older children, p < 0.001. Frequent inconsistencies between self-reports and proxy reports were observed among the younger children (16%) compared to the older children (8%), p < 0.001.
conclusionNon-congruence was observed for self-reports and proxy reports regarding all age cohorts.
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