Dental Subscale of Children's Fear Survey Schedule and Dental Caries Prevalence

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Journal Eur J Dent

Publisher Thieme

Specialty Dentistry

Date 2014 Jun 3

PMID 24883023

Citations 16

Authors

Beena J P

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the level of fear of dental procedures among 6-12 year school children and correlate the prevalence of dental caries with their dental fears scores.

Materials And Methods: The study sample of 444 school children, comprising of 224 girls and 220 boys in the age group of 6-12 years old from a private English medium school were selected. Each student was asked to independently complete a Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) questionnaire. Children having a score of ≥ 38 were included in the "dental fear" group while those scoring <38 were placed in the "without dental fear" group. All dental examinations were performed in the classroom.

Results: Fear scores were highest for "Injections," (3.76 ± 0.68) "Choking," (3.48 ± 0.63) and "Dentist drilling" (2.88 ± 0.69). The overall mean score of CFSS-DS in our study was 37.0 ± 8.89, mean score of DMFT and DMFS were 0.58 ± 0.74 and 0.73 ± 1.09, respectively. Mean score of deft and defs were 4.40 ± 2.34 and 7.28 ± 5.49, respectively.

Conclusion: The study showed the prevalence of dental fear in 6-12 year old children and there was no statistically significant co-relation between the level of dental fear and dental caries in these children.

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