BACKGROUND The aims of this study are to assess the influences of demographic and personal factors on Jordanian adults' abilities to use dental services and the barriers to regular attendance. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 650 Jordanian adults attending King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH) (n = 200), Jordan University of Science and Technology-De...

Local anesthesia is administered to reduce pain during dental treatments, but may itself cause pain and contribute to increased dental fear. Computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery (CCLAD) is one the method to reduce patient pain during local anesthesia; it is a device that slowly administers anesthetics by using a computerized device to control the injection speed. This literature review...

Tooth decay and other oral diseases can be highly prevalent among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Even though dental professionals are trained to provide equal and non-judgemental services to all, intentional or unintentional biases may exist with regard to PLWHA. We conducted qualitative descriptive research using individual interviews to explore the experiences of PLWHA accessing dental ...

the application of laser in dentistry is considered as a favorable technique for patients due to its many advantages compare to other current methods. one of the main goals in pediatric dentistry is to provide the treatment as comfortable as possible without any risks for the care. laser is being used in different pediatric dental conditions including caries detection, caries removal and cavity...

Pain is a complex multidimensional phenomenon. Among other factors psychological and physiological factors can affect pain response to a painful stimulus. Dental visits are often associated with anticipated pain, particularly when an injection is expected. Pain control is an important part of dentistry. WAND has been developed as a possible solution to reduce the pain related to the local anest...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of dental fear and its related factors among patients managed in a pediatric clinic university hospital Tanzania.
 Material Methods: was cross-sectional carried out at paediatric Muhimbili University Health Allied Sciences(MUHAS) between November 2018 April 2019. It included all aged 6 12 years. A questionnaire used this captured info...

BACKGROUND The Transtheoretical Model suggests that individuals vary according to their readiness to change behavior. Previous work in smoking cessation and other health areas suggests that interventions are more successful when they are tailored to an individual's stage of change with regards to the specific behavior. We report on the performance of a single-item measure ("Ladder") to assess t...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to gain more information from complete denture (CD) wearers who did not receive dental implants, of the reasons preventing them from using implants to retain their CD in a selected sample of dental patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS A paper-and-pencil questionnaire containing 20 direct questions of the possible reasons preventing CD wearers from...