Open AccessRelationship Between Maternal Dental Anxiety and Children’s Dental Caries in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Muhanad Alhareky,
Muhammad Ashraf Nazir,
Lamia A Alghamdi,
Mariam Alkadi,
Noura AlBeajan,
May AlHossan,
Jehan AlHumaid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1179-1357
DOI - 10.2147/ccide.s310026
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , dentition , dentistry , oral health , permanent dentition , dental health , cross sectional study , psychiatry , pathology
Dental anxiety is a barrier to dental care utilization and is associated with poor oral health outcomes. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between dental anxiety of mothers and dental caries of their children in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.