Open AccessFactors influencing anxiety levels in children undergoing dental treatment in an undergraduate clinic
Author(s) -
Shreya Kothari,
Deepa Gurunathan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_229_19
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , inclusion (mineral) , socioeconomic status , population , clinical psychology , inclusion and exclusion criteria , family medicine , psychiatry , dentistry , alternative medicine , environmental health , psychology , pathology , social psychology
Dental anxiety is a kind of fear exerted due to threatening stimuli. Assessing a child's dental anxiety level is very important to perform a particular treatment. The aim of this study is to examine the various factors that determine the anxiety levels in children and evaluate their anxiety levels.