Children’s Fear From Dentists, Based on Literature Data

 Abstract

Introduction: Providing quality dental services, priority is given to patients’ approach to painless treatment at the dentist. The pain experienced by previous dental treatments, triggers the appearance of the feeling of fear that precedes the next dental intervention.

This picture becomes even more difficult when talking about pediatric age and the feeling of fear or anxiety experienced by this age before dental treatment. Fear of dentists has its origins in childhood, so logically, if fear and anxiety about dental interventions are to be analyzed, the age of study on this topic should be specifically pediatric age.

Materials and methods: The study is of review type based on the collected articles on the assessment of fear and anxiety in pediatric ages. A total of 14 articles and literature sources, which were collected based on the study selection criteria. The study was designed in the context of coping with data figures published by various articles on dental fear and anxiety in pediatric age specifically.

Results: Based on the data collected, 23% of children reported emotional distress in dealing with the dentist where only 12% of them expressed feelings of fear.64% of patients appreciate the way the doctor dresses, with white aprons giving him more confidence and not fear.70% of pediatric patients did not have the feeling of fear of wearing the mask during dental treatments. Feelings of fear, according to children, leave for a clinic decorated according to age.

Conclusions: Maintaining oral hygiene leads to a healthy dental status that does not face pain originating from the tooth, and consequently, not recognizing the pain reduces sensitivity and expectation to dental fear or anxiety. The visual appearance of the clinic and the doctor speaking with body language affects the expectation at the level of fear perception before dental treatment.

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