Related factors to dental fear in some adults (일부 성인의 치과 공포감 관련 요인)

Kim SooKyung (김수경); 김미희; 최현지; 황정근

doi:10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.06.881

Related factors to dental fear in some adults

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2014, 14(6), pp.881-886
DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.06.881
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

Kim SooKyung ¹, 김미희 ², 최현지 ², 황정근 ²

¹신한대학교
²신흥대학교 치위생학과

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Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the related factors to dental fear in some adults. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 320 adults in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do from April to June, 2013. Except 14incomplete answers, data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 program. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of thesubjects(7 questions), dental fear related factor(18 questions), distrust for dentist(15 questions), and distrust for dental hygienist(11questions). The instrument for dental treatment fear was Dental fear Survey(DFS) adapted from Kleinknecht and partly modified byChoi. Out of 20 questions, 18 questions were reconstructed and score by Likert 5 scale. Higher score means higher dental fear. Cronbach alpha was 0.959 in the study. The distrust for dentist and dental hygienist was adapted from Choi and reconstructed andscore by Likert 5 scale. Higher score means higher distrust for dentist and dental hygienist. Cronbach alpha was 0.937 in distrust fordentist and 0.874 in distrust for dental hygienist in the study. Results: Those who experienced dental pain tended to have dental fear. The reasons for dental fear were as follows; bad breath(2.96out of 5 points, hereafter represented as of 2.96/5), dental caries(2.88/5), missing teeth(2.87/5) and tooth pain(2.77/5). The distrustfor the dentist was the main dental fear in the adults. Conclusions: The dental fear was closely related to gender, experience of dental pain, oral symptoms and distrust for the dentist. Asthe psychological pain in the patients was mainly influenced by the trustful atmosphere, it is necessary to make the patient easybefore treatment.

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dental fear, dentist, pain experience

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