Despite advances in dentistry, anxiety about dental treatment and the fear of pain remains widespread among patients and is a significant barrier to dental treatment. This study would therefore provide information so as to minimize levels of anxiety and aid in planning stress-free treatment. The cross-sectional study utilizing a self-reported questionnaire based on Modified Corah's Dental Anxie...

Studies on specific animal-phobias are typically focused on fear, despite the observation that anxiety often involves an aggregate of several emotions where fear could be the main feeling (Bartlett & Izard, 1972). Specific phobias are restricted to well-defined situations and they are not usually accompanied by the generalized anxiety, spontaneous panic, and depression that commonly trouble ago...

BACKGROUND Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based method for treating specific phobias, but access to treatment is difficult, especially for children and adolescents with dental anxiety. Psychologist-guided Internet-based CBT (ICBT) may be an effective way of increasing accessibility while maintaining treatment effects. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test the hypothes...

Fear is expressed as an unpleasant emotion caused by threat of danger, pain and harm. Anxiety emotional state a person such doubt, mental-conflict, disappointment. Phobia persistent, unrealistic intense fear specific stimulus, leading to absolute avoidance the perceived danger. Corah’s Dental Scale (CDAS), Modified (MDAS), Survey (DFS) are tools assess anxiety. anxiety can be managed change in ...

BACKGROUND The main goal of this research is to try and understand influence of psychological and social factors in children with tendencies to repeat tooth trauma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Research included 147 patients, children of preschool and school age (88 boys and 59 girls). In the research patients were divided in two age groups: 5-8 and 9-12 years. In both groups there were 49 patients w...

Clinical management of patients with dental fear, anxiety, and phobia could be a major challenge to daily practice professionals. The aim the current review was expand modern consideration respect these issues, therefore discuss basic approaches psychological techniques for oral health behaviors that should employed in dentistry. This paper presents detailed description characteristics dentist-...