Although gagging has a profound effect on the delivery of dental care, it is a relatively under-investigated phenomenon. This study aimed to derive a prevalence estimate of gagging during dental treatment based on patient-reported information, to determine some socio-demographic and psychological correlates and to assess the relationship of gagging with self-reported oral health and avoidance o...

AIM This aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety and related factors in a Turkish population. METHODS AND MATERIALS The Turkish translation of the Dental Fear Scale (DFS) and the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) were administered to 115 dental patients consisting of 21 subjects who had dental phobia and of 94 patients who did not. The scales were also adminis...

A prospective, comparative study of a novel audio pillow with hypnosis text and relaxation music was conducted in 82 dental-implant surgery patients to relieve anxiety over a 6-month period. Visual analogue scales combined with the Aachen Dental Treatment Fear Inventory (AZI) questionnaire were used to quantify patients' subjective feelings of fear. Blood pressure, heart rate, and capillary oxy...

Majority of dental patients reveal a great anxiety and fear during routine stomatological procedures. Even a medi− cal treatment of the oral region under local anaesthesia is causing intense anxiety. Such attitude of some patients to stomatological procedures is a cause of their irregular visits in dental clinics, which, in consequence, may lead to increase more severe forms of dental diseases....

It is unfortunate that the methods used to control dental operative pain may themselves produce distress. It should be the aim of all caring practitioner to reduce injection sensation to minimum so as to alleviate the apprehension and fear from the patient’s mind. The fear of needle prick is a bigger reason of concern and the major cause of avoidance of dental treatment despite the detrimental ...

A prospective, comparative study of a novel audio pillow with hypnosis text and relaxation music was conducted in 82 dental-implant surgery patients to relieve anxiety over a 6-month period. Visual analogue scales combined with the Aachen Dental Treatment Fear Inventory (AZI) questionnaire were used to quantify patients' subjective feelings of fear. Blood pressure, heart rate, and capillary oxy...