Dental fear/anxiety in Czech preschoolers: relationship to gender, age, location of residence, dental status and previous treatment experience

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/22:10444487

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.04.13" target="_blank" >10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.04.13</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dental fear/anxiety in Czech preschoolers: relationship to gender, age, location of residence, dental status and previous treatment experience

Original language description

Aim: Dental fear/anxiety (DFA) may considerably complicate treatment in pediatric dentistry. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess DFA in Czech preschoolers aged 3-6 and its relationship to gender, age, location of residence, dental status and previous treatment. Methods: The study involved 460 children from preschools at four location types selected according to WHO criteria for oral health surveys. DFA was assessed using the Venham picture test (VPT, score range 0-8) prior to the evaluation of dental status using the dmfs (decayed, missing, filled surface) index. The significance level was set to 5 %. Results: While 46 % of children presented a zero VPT score, the mean value was 1.6+-2.1. Significantly higher levels of DFA were found in girls (p&lt;0.04), in children aged 3-4 (p&lt;0.001), and in children from rural areas (p&lt;0.02). The dmfs score was significantly higher in children aged 5-6 (p&lt;0.001) and in children from rural areas (p&lt;0.01), but it was not significantly influenced by gender (p&gt;0.05). A weak positive correlation was found between the level of DFA and dmfs (r=0.116, p&lt;0.05). Previous filling placement resulted in a significantly lower level of DFA compared to tooth extraction. Conclusions: DFA was common in Czech preschoolers. Higher levels of DFA were found in girls, children aged 3-4, children from rural areas, children with a higher dmfs index and children who had a tooth extracted.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30208 - Dentistry, oral surgery and medicine

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European journal of paediatric dentistry : official journal of European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry

ISSN

1591-996X

e-ISSN

2035-648X

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

327-331

UT code for WoS article

000978186300012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85144584343