ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Dentophobia and the Interaction Between Child Patients and Dentists: Anxiety Triggers in the Dental Office.
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- Evaluating the use of augmented reality in alleviating anxiety and pain in children during intraoral injection administration: a randomized-controlled trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Trial
- Effects of computer-assisted and conventional local anaesthesia on pain and anxiety in children with molar incisor hypomineralisation: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2026Trial
- Awareness of Effective Communication Skills Among Paediatric Dentists in Turkey.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2026Article
- Dental fear and anxiety and its sociodemographic associations among public and private schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years in Depok, Indonesia: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Integrated Dental Practice Management in Romania: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study on the Perceived Impact of Managerial Training on Efficiency, Collaboration, and Care Quality Dental.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Alginate to Pixel: Comparing the Effect of Two Dental Impression Methods on Children's Anxiety.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Observational Study on Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Breathing Control for Reducing Dental Anxiety in Children.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Dental anxiety is an intense and irrational fear of visiting the dentist or of undergoing dental procedures. BACKGROUND/
objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety in children aged 6-11 years and to identify the importance of communication in reducing anxiety in pediatric patients.
methodsThe research was conducted through a questionnaire administered to 101 students (55.4% girls and 44.6% boys), aged 6-11 years, from the North-West Region of Romania. The data collected included the age and gender of the subjects, their previous experiences with the dentist, the identification of factors that trigger anxiety, and the way in which patients perceive future dental visits.
resultsThis study found that for the majority of participants, a visit to the dentist does not represent a source of fear. Moreover, most children are eager to visit the dentist again. Gender and age did not have a significant effect on the prevalence of anxiety. Elements such as sitting in the dental chair, observing dental instruments, having the teeth examined with a mirror, and hearing the sounds produced by the instruments were identified as factors that may cause anxiety in pediatric patients.
conclusionsIt was found that pediatric patients who have good communication with the practitioner display lower anxiety levels compared to those of others.
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