Childhood dental fear in children aged 7-11 years old by using the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Rath, Sujata Das, Debasmita Sahoo, Sheetal Kumar Raj, Anil Guddala, Narasimha Rao Rathee, Goldy
Copyright Year	2021
Abstract	In children, dental fear is not only associated with fear of pain or invasive procedures, but it is also correlated with separation from parents or confronting unfamiliar people or environments. The Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) was developed to evaluate dental fear in children, and this scale is now used across the world for evaluating dental fear. The aim of this study was to evaluate dental fear in children between 7–11 years of age and to find out the association between caries and fear of dental treatment. A total of 300 subjects of both sexes were enrolled in the study. Prior to the oral examination, all patients’ attendants were informed about the study, and the subjects were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the CFSS-DS scale. The data obtained through the questionnaires were analyzed using the Chi-Square test. Fear scores were highest for “injections” (3.91±0.17), “dentist drilling” (3.91±0.10) and “choking” (3.65±0.82). It was also observed that subjects who had already visited a dental clinic or those who were familiar with the dental environment at an early stage of life were less anxious than patients who were receiving dental treatment for the first time. In this study, we found that female subjects were more anxious in comparison to male patients. Once the child’s fear is identified, the dentist can use various behavior modification techniques to eliminate fear, explain the steps, and use the instruments accordingly until fear has vanished.
ISSN	1844122X
Journal	Journal of Medicine and Life
Volume Number	14
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7982262
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	33767784
e-ISSN	18443117
DOI	10.25122/jml-2020-0084
Language	English
Publisher	Carol Davila University Press
Publisher Date	2021-01-01
Publisher Place	Romania
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. ©2021 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE
Subject Keyword	anxiety CFSS-DS dental dear public health problem
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuroscience Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine Neurology (clinical)