Is Dental Fear related to Clinical Consequences of Untreated Dental Caries in Children? | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 64, Issue 3 - July (Orthodontics, Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry), July 2018, Pages 1941-1947 PDF (582.05 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2018.76685 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hany Mohamed Saber1; Samah Mohamed Awad2 | ||
| 1Lecturer, Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University. | ||
| 2Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty Dentistry, Cairo University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: To explore correlation between dental fear and consequences of untreated dental caries in children. Methods: Assessments of dental fear using Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Sub-scale, dental caries using decayed, missed and filled teeth index and consequences of untreated dental caries using pufa/PUFA index. Children (n= 250) were selected from clinics of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Cairo University. Results: Prevalence of pufa/PUFA>0 was 84.8% and 11.2% respectively. Mean score of pufa/PUFA was 3.83 and 0.20 respectively. Positive significant correlation between fear and dmft (primary dentition) was noted (P=0.003). Whereas, a negative significant correlation between fear (CSFSS-DS) and PUFA (permanent dentition) was revealed (P=0.021). On the other hand, no significant correlations between fear and pufa (primary dentition) (P=0.073) as well as DMFT (permanent dentition) were found (P=0.919). No significant association was noted between fear scores, gender and age. Conclusion: fear may have an impact on scores of caries and its consequences. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Consequences of untreated dental caries; dental fear in children; DMFT; PUFA | ||
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