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The study aims to investigate dental anxiety in first- and final-year undergraduate dental students in India.
Questionnaire Study Setting: BDS Students in four University dental colleges in India carried-out during 2013 and 2014.
The students (n = 614) were assessed using a pre-tested questionnaire. We estimated the level of dental anxiety by using...
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... 5 shows that there was a statistically significant difference in the total Level of dental anxiety (p < 0.001) between first and final year students, but no significant difference was detected for Body mass index (BMI) (p > 0.05) between the two BDS degree student groups. However, Table 6 shows that there was a significant between-gender difference in BMI values, with males having a higher mean value than that of females (p < 0.001). However, no correlations were observed between the total dental anxiety level and BMI values. ...Similar publications
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... In the dental anxiety studies conducted with dental students in the literature, it has been reported that first-year students had higher levels of anxiety compared to final-year students. [30][31][32][33] Al-Omari et al. 9 evaluated the relationship between university students' fields of education and dental anxiety and reported that medical and engineering faculty students had higher dental anxiety values compared to dental students. Erguven et al 32 evaluated the dental anxiety levels of first-year and fifth-year dental students and found that the anxiety-fear level was higher in firstyear students. ...
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pain catastrophizing and dental anxiety among dental students. Additionally, we explore the relation of pain catastrophizing scores with gender, pain intensity and dental treatment experience. Material and Methods: This questionnaire study was conducted among dental students in 2020. The questionnaire, which was prepared via Google forms and students studying in different faculties of dentistry filled out the questionnaire via e-mail. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (C-DAS), and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), helped the clinician examine how the participants felt and what they thought regarding pain, were used. Spearman's rho correlation was used to analyze the correlations between the variables. The MANOVA test was used to evaluate whether the main effects of gender, term, and treatment on C-DAS and PCS were significant. Results: Of the total, 22.5% of the students were considered to be catastrophic individuals. According to the regression model, a one-unit increase in VAS value led to an increase of 0.164 in the total PCS score. Similarly, while the increase in the C-DAS score led to an increase of 0.575 in the PCS score, girls' PCS score was higher by 4.091. Conclusion: Our study is the first to report the prevalence of pain catastrophizing among dental students and the effect of gender and PCS-subscales. The increased knowledge level of dental students about pain may effectively reduce the tendency toward pain catastrophizing.
... Among all the body parts, the neck region seemed to experience discomfort most of the time and even received the highest score on the Likert scale, making it susceptible to the highest discomfort level. The other studies also supported the occurrence of a higher prevalence of neck pain in dentists [31]. The neck muscles are overused, and active muscles become prone to injury, resulting in inflammation. ...
... If the damage rate overtakes the rate of resting intervals, it imparts the physical load on the body and leads to MSDs. Dental practitioners give importance to the idea of the continuous work habits leading to musculoskeletal pain in prominent body regions [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. The job title risk factor was associated with the shoulder, lower back, wrist, hand & fingers among the prevalent body regions of the dentists. ...
Purpose
The awkward and repetitive movements lead to tissue straining, potentially leading to painful musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). MSDs in dentists result in work inefficiency and a reduction in work hours. A survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of MSDs amongst the dental population of interest.
Methods
Customized individual detail questionnaires, Standard Nordic Musculoskeletal questionnaires, and Level of Pain estimation using the Likert Scale were used to deduce the various responsible risk factors for the occurrence of MSDs in dentists. Inferential statistical analysis was done to identify the prevalence and severity of the MSDs. The Chi-Square test (95 % confidence interval) was used to identify and compare the association of risk factors involved in MSDs with the occurrence of the Effect of MSDs, the presence of MSDs, and the severity of the MSDs.
Results
The results of the study deduced that the dentists followed the sedentary work practices. The dentists experienced maximum discomfort in the neck region, which was accompanied by the discomfort experienced in the lower back, hands and wrists, making the upper extremity being more susceptible to the MSDs. Gender risk factors the, the prevalence of MSDs in the dentist's upper back, and the severity of pain in the upper back region showed a significant association level.
Conclusion
The wrist posture, the prevalence of MSDs and the severity of pain in the dentists' neck, shoulder and upper back showed a significant association level.
... A score <11 is considered normal/slight, whereas those lying between 11 and 18 represent moderate anxiety. Scores>19 represent extreme anxiety 24,25 . ...
Dental anxiety before the first step and after the second step of periodontitis therapy 1 Ansiedad dental antes del primer paso y después del segundo paso del tratamiento de la periodontitis 1 ABSTRACT Introduction: individuals that experience Dental Anxiety (DA) may avoid dental appointments and even postpone treatments, including periodontal treatment. The aim of this study was to 1) determine DA in patients with periodontitis before the first step and after the second step of periodontitis therapy (non-surgical periodontal treatment), and 2) collect sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the studied population. Methods: patients with periodontitis that had never received subgingival instrumentation and attended the Clinic of Periodontics of the Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Costa Rica, were invited to participate. From the electronic dental record, the following information was obtained: periodontal staging, Plaque Index (PI) and Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI). A questionnaire was applied before the first step and after the second step of periodontitis therapy. Data collected included: sociodemographic factors, smoking habits, ex-smoker status, pain, and the Modified Corah Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). Results: fifty-one patients completed the study, 19 men and 32 women, mean age 46 ±11.16 years. Most of the participants reported having completed high school. Regarding smoking habits, 46% were non-smokers. Of the non-smokers, 7.8% were former smokers. Patient's maximal pain in the last month decreased after the completion periodontitis therapy. The most prevalent periodontal diagnosis was Stage III followed by Stage II. The average PI was 61.4% and the average GBI was 39.5%. Fear to the sound of rotatory instruments/ultrasonic scalers ameliorated after completion of therapy. Total MDAS score and sub scores decreased from baseline. Conclusion: self-perceptions of DA improved over the course of periodontal treatment in our clinical setting.
... A score < 11 is considered normal/slight, whereas those lying between 11 and 18 represent moderate anxiety. Scores > 19 represent extreme anxiety [29,30]. ...
... We assessed education level since lower educational attainment has been associated with increased risk of periodontitis [36,37] and higher OHIP-14 scores [29,38,39]. Other studies have reported that people with higher education experience lower DA since these people have a better understanding of treatment [40][41][42]. ...
Objectives
To (1) investigate dental anxiety (DA) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) before and after non-surgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) and (2) determine correlations between these patient-reported measures.
Materials and methods
Demographics, smoking habits, dental pain, Modified Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) were assessed in eighty-two participants.
Results
Mean age was 48.3 years ± 11.5. At baseline, 8.5% reported being active smokers. Of non-smokers, 11% reported being an ex-smoker. After NSPT, 11.0% reported smoking. Patients’ maximal pain in the last month decreased after therapy. Before treatment, participants reported higher DA. Extreme DA was observed in 8.5% of participants before therapy. Afterwards, 2.4% of participants reported extreme DA. Fear of having a foreign object in the mouth decreased after NSPT. All OHIP-14 scores, except functional limitation, improved post-treatment. Higher DA was associated with worse OHRQoL before treatment. After treatment, total MDAS score was associated with OHIP-14 global score, physical pain, psychological disability, and social disability. Worse MDAS sub-scores were associated with a higher OHIP-14 global score. Individuals with “normal/slight anxiety” had a significant improvement in OHRQoL, whereas people in the “moderate and extreme anxiety” group did not report a significant improvement. Patients diagnosed with generalized periodontitis (GP) stage III grade B and GP stage IV grade B reported less anxiety after NSPT.
Conclusions
Associations of MDAS subcategories with OHIP-14 domain scores were found before and after therapy. DA decreases and OHRQoL enhances after NSPT in patients with “normal/slight” anxiety to dental treatment. Dental practitioners should plan strategies to cope with anxiety to dental treatment and prevent decreases in OHRQoL.
Clinical relevance
Within the limitations of this study, DA and OHRQoL were positively correlated in patients with periodontitis, before and after NSPT, using the MDAS and OHIP-14 questionnaires. The results of our study suggest that treatment is effective in terms of alleviating DA and improving oral health, along with quality of life, in patients that report “normal/slight” anxiety to dental treatment. Nonetheless, results must be interpreted with caution since patients are generally anxious before any type of dental treatment. DA may not just be confined to NSPT per se. According to our results, evaluation of both outcomes should be an integral part of routine periodontal clinical evaluation and periodontal reevaluation of initial therapy. It is important that clinicians learn to identify patients that suffer from anxiety and take time to explain the treatment procedures to the patient, to strive for patient’s emotional well-being before, during, and after dental care services. The use of specific questionnaires for both DA and OHRQoL may be more appropriate to demonstrate the psychological and quality of life differences due to periodontal disease and NSPT.
... Literatürde bu anksiyetenin "empatiden yoksun ve zorba" olarak nitelenen diş hekimlerinden kaynaklanabileceği belirtilmektedir. 28 Diş hekiminin yanı sıra aynı zamanda birçok ebeveyn, çocuklarını dental tedavi konusunda zorlayıp, onlara baskı uygulayarak çocukları üzerinde negatif bir etki yaratmakta ve bunun sonucunda çok küçük yaşlarda yüksek dental anksiyeteli bireyler yetişmesinin önü açılmaktadır. 29 Her iki sınıfta da üçüncü ve dördüncü sorulara verilen yanıtlar doğrultusunda travmatik bir dental tedavi deneyimi olan ve yıldırıcı (mobbing) tarzda ebeveyn şiddeti gören öğrencilerin varlığının çok sayıda olması düşündürücüdür. ...
Aim: Dental anxiety and traumatic dental history were studied among dental students of different classes in a cross-sectional analysis.
Methods: The fourth and fifth grade students of the Faculty of Dentistry at Biruni University were included in the study with an equal number of students (n=300) from both classes, for a total of 300 individuals at 27 February-27 March 2023. Digitally questionnaire forms were generated in two parts. Initially, there were questions to determine sociodemographic information and dental trauma history. Secondly, the dental anxiety measurement scale is presented. Using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), dental anxiety levels were determined, and a cut-off value of 13 was identified to signify excessive dental anxiety. The data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney U and Chi-Square tests.
Results: The MDAS scores of women (8.57±2.76) were found to be higher than men (7.84±2.88) (p<0.05). Although it was determined that the fourth grades had a higher level of dental fear than the fifth grades, no statistically significant difference was found (p=0.847). In terms of MDAS scores, there was a statistically significant difference between genders in fifth grade (p<0.05), but not in the fourth grade (p=0.709). The number of individuals who were under pressure from their families to go to the dentist as a children and who had a traumatic dentist experience was found to be higher in the fifth grade than in the fourth grade (p=0.132).
Conclusion: Although traumatic experiences derived from a family or dentist negatively affect dental anxiety, this anxiety can be eliminated in dental students gradually.
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... It was also stated in their study that the mean total MDAS scores in the first-and last-year students were 12.52 and 10.16, respectively, and the difference between the groups was significant. Chowdhury et al. (25), in the study where they investigated dental anxiety in freshman and senior dental students in 2019, reported that the level of dental anxiety among freshman dental students was higher than that of senior students. As a possible reason for this, it was thought that senior students were more accustomed to their clinical environments and scenarios. ...
The purpose of this study was to compare dental anxiety levels among first-, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-year dental students. To evaluate the level of dental anxiety against dental interventions, online questionnaires were applied to first year (n=96), second year (n=96), third year (n=109), fourth year (n=107) and fifth year (n=92) dental students. The students' demographic information (age, gender) was also recorded. These questionnaires included the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). The students whose MDAS score was ≥19 were considered as highly anxious. The statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 24 (IBM SPSS, USA). This study was conducted with a total of 500 students including 220 male and 280 female students. The students with an MDAS score of 19 (having dental anxiety) were 23 people (4.6%) in total. No statistically significant difference was found between the class years of the students in terms of their mean MDAS scores (p: 0.387). When the responses given to the 5 items in MDAS were evaluated, only the responses given to the 1st and 5th questions had statistically significant differences (p
... Thus, our hypothesis that DA levels among senior students is lower than younger students was accepted. Our results are consistent with previous studies [18][19][20][22][23][24]32]. One possible explanation is that the level of knowledge about dentistry increases with each successive year of study. ...
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess level of DA among dental students in different grades and patients and to evaluate associations between DA and presence of dental caries. Material and Methods:Both four hundred all-grade dental students of Istanbul University and patients of Istanbul University Hospital were included in the study after random selection. Data regarding gender, oral hygiene habits, frequency of dental visits, and educational level were obtained via questionnaire. DA of participants were measured using both Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Dental Fear Survey (DFS). The prevalence of caries was determined using International Caries Detection and Assessment System Criteria (ICDAS). Data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and Chi square tests. Results: Female patients and female 4th-year students had significantly higher MDAS scores (p<0.05). First-year students had significantly higher MDAS and DFS scores than 4th and 5th-year students (p<0.05). Patients who had caries and brushed their teeth less than twice a day had significantly higher MDAS scores (p<0.05). Among 3rd-year students, individuals who visited dentist regularly had lower MDAS scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: DA among senior dental students was lower than that in younger students with an increase in knowledge about dentistry. Tooth brushing frequency and caries prevalence was associated with DA in patient group. No association was found between DA and frequency of dental visits, except in 3rd-year students.
... Thus, our hypothesis that DA levels among senior students is lower than younger students was accepted. Our results are consistent with previous studies [18][19][20][22][23][24]32]. One possible explanation is that the level of knowledge about dentistry increases with each successive year of study. ...
Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess level of DA among dental students in different gradesand patients and to evaluate associations between DA and presence of dental caries. Material and Methods:Both four hundred all-grade dental students of Istanbul University and patients of Istanbul University Hospitalwere included in the study after random selection. Data regarding gender, oral hygiene habits, frequency ofdental visits, and educational level were obtained via questionnaire. DA of participants were measured usingboth Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Dental Fear Survey (DFS). The prevalence of caries wasdetermined using International Caries Detection and Assessment System Criteria (ICDAS). Data were analyzedusing Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U and Chi square tests. Results: Female patients and female 4th-yearstudents had significantly higher MDAS scores (p<0.05). First-year students had significantly higher MDAS andDFS scores than 4th and 5th-year students (p<0.05). Patients who had caries and brushed their teeth less thantwice a day had significantly higher MDAS scores (p<0.05). Among 3rd-year students, individuals who visiteddentist regularly had lower MDAS scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: DA among senior dental students was lowerthan that in younger students with an increase in knowledge about dentistry. Tooth brushing frequency andcaries prevalence was associated with DA in patient group. No association was found between DA and frequencyof dental visits, except in 3rd-year students.KEYWORDSDental anxiety; Dental caries; Dental student; Prevalence.
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