The advancement of science is leading humanity to a new aeon: the era of nanotechnology. In simple terms, it refers to the technology exercised on materials at molecular level (less than 100 nanometers) (1). Foundation stone of this looming phase in dentistry was laid by Richard Feynman in 1959, a noble prize winning physicist (1). Nanotechnology has brought upon exorbitant changes in all persp...

The advancement of science is leading humanity to a new aeon: the era of nanotechnology. In simple terms, it refers to the technology exercised on materials at molecular level (less than 100 na-nometers) (1). Foundation stone of this looming phase in dentistry was laid by Richard Feynman in 1959, a noble prize winning physicist (1). Nano-technology has brought upon exorbitant changes in all per...

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...

Fear is an adoptive human response in the face of danger. This normal and even useful reaction has a protective aspect, while phobia is a pathologic, irrational, and intense fear of a situation or an issue (1). Dental phobia or odontophobia is a pathologic fear that affects about 5% to 15% of adults in the industrialized countries (2). Dental fear is a complex multidimensional phenomenon that i...

We evaluated whether a visual analog scale (VAS) was comparable to the multi-item Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) in assessing dental anxiety in clinical practice. In total, 200 consecutive patients aged 20-70 years who presented at the dental outpatient department of SRM Dental College, Chennai were enrolled. The test-retest value for the VAS was 0.968. The Spearman rank correlations betw...

Objectives: The aims of the current study were to find the prevalence of Dental Anxiety amongst Pakistani University Students and to determine the differences in relation to gender, education and level of dental anxiety. Methods and Materials: A questionnaire consisting Dental Anxiety Scale and Dental Fear Scale describing anxiety-provoking stimuli was constructed and presented to 385 universit...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this meta-analytic and systematic quantitative approach is to examine the effects of behavioral interventions for dental anxiety and dental phobia. METHODS Eighty studies were identified where dental fear treatment with behavioral methods was evaluated. Thirty-eight of 80 met entry criteria and were included in a meta-analysis. RESULTS The calculated effect sizes (ESs)...

OBJECTIVES To test the reliability and validity of an Arabic version of the modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS), and to correlate it with other demographic data. METHODS The original English version of the MDAS was translated into Arabic, and then translated back into English by experienced bilingual professionals. Four hundred and seventy-four patients referred to dental clinics for treatme...

A survey of the discrepant findings regarding the effects of attention focusing and distraction on exposure suggested that subjective measures of anxiety and avoidance respond better to the latter condition, and heart rate (HR) reaction responds to the former. To test this hypothesis, 63 dental phobics were recruited who had not visited a dentist for a mean of 6.6 (1.5-25) years. Participants r...