Open AccessDental anxiety and influencing factors: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey
Author(s) -
Nadeem Jeddy,
S. Nithya,
T Radhika,
Nafisa Jeddy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_33_17
Subject(s) - anxiety , cross sectional study , medicine , test (biology) , family medicine , population , clinical psychology , dentistry , psychiatry , environmental health , paleontology , pathology , biology
Dental treatment still remains as one of the most anxious visits despite awareness between dentists and patients in building trusting relationships. The fear of dental treatment determines the frequency of treatment availed with long-term implications in oral health maintenance.