Local anesthetic failures in dental patients can have many causes, including anatomical variations, technique, and anxiety/fear. By understanding the mechanisms responsible for failed local anesthesia, patients can be treated more comfortably. The interaction of anxiety and fear is discussed. Oral sedation dentistry is highlighted as a way to reduce anxiety/fear and the patient's perception of ...

Background Dental fear is a prevalent phenomenon among children and adolescents globally. Aim To investigate dental 18-year-olds with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) at their final follow-up clinic visit, to evaluate the association between OHRQoL. Design This cross-sectional study included cohort of CLP treated Oulu University Hospital Cleft Lip Palate Center, in northern Finland since 1995. A t...

Fear of dental procedures deters many individuals with mental retardation from accepting dental treatment. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of two procedures, in vivo desensitization and video modeling, for increasing compliance with dental procedures in participants with severe or profound mental retardation. Desensitization increased compliance for all 5 participants, wher...

The management of pain and anxiety form the backbone of contemporary dental practice. The past decades have seen the introduction of a significant number of promising new techniques, drugs and equipment designed to aid the dental professional in the quest for a more pain-free and fear-free dental practice. This paper presents a brief look at these drugs and techniques.

Although previous research has successfully tested the usefulness of cognitive and non-cognitive factors to predict dental anxiety, they have rarely been jointly analysed. This study therefore aimed to compare the relative predictive power of a set of cognitive and non-cognitive factors in accounting for dental anxiety scores. A sample of 167 Spanish undergraduate students (81.4% women; mean ag...

This study aimed to use a population-based sample to assess the psychological validity of the Seattle system for diagnosing dentally anxious individuals. This system consists of four diagnostic types in which such individuals are categorized according to the main source of their fear regarding dental treatment. Subjects were 1420 randomly selected adults aged 18 years and over who took part in ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dental anxiety and dental decay experience among antenatal mothers attending Maternal and Child Health clinics in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a consecutive sample of 407 antenatal mothers in Seremban, Malaysia. The questionnaire consisted of participants' demographic profile and the Dental Fear Survey. The ...