People who are highly anxious about undergoing dental treatment comprise approximately
one in seven of the population and require careful and considerate management by dental …

Objectives To systematically review the literature about:'What is the global estimated
prevalence of dental fear in adults?'. Data/sources Inclusion criteria were observational …

Background Based on the hypothesis that a vicious cycle of dental fear exists, whereby the
consequences of fear tend to maintain that fear, the relationship between dental fear, self …

Background: This study aimed to describe both the prevalence of dental fear in Australia and
to explore the relationship between dental fear and a number of demographic, socio …

The importance of understanding barriers to dental attendance of adults in the UK was
acknowledged in the first Adult Dental Health Survey in 1968 and has been investigated in …

Objectives A vicious cycle is believed to operate in the maintenance of dental fear, whereby
greater dental fear leads to the delay or avoidance of dental visiting, deteriorated oral health …

Okoro CA, Strine TW, Eke PI, Dhingra SS, Balluz LS. The association between depression
and anxiety and use of oral health services and tooth loss. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol …

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between dental fear and both
dental caries and periodontal indicators. Methods: A three‐stage stratified clustered sample …

The measurement of dental fear is important due to its high prevalence and appreciable
individual, clinical, and public health consequences. However, existing measures of dental …

Background Dental fear (DF) is a challenging problem in dentistry. It is multifactorial in origin
and many contributing factors have been identified. The aim of the study was to assess …