Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic
<p>Dentophobia is a significant problem in oral health management. In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the associated sanitary measures (quarantine, social distancing) at national level, the fear and dental anxiety are supposedly increased, especially in children. Pediatric patien...
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| author | Dorina STAN Dragos VOICU Magda ANTOHE Monica BOEV Iulia CHISCOP Ovidiu Mihai STEFANESCU Lucian Stefan BURLEA |
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| description | <p>Dentophobia is a significant problem in oral health management. In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the associated sanitary measures (quarantine, social distancing) at national level, the fear and dental anxiety are supposedly increased, especially in children. Pediatric patients are emotionally affected when they faced with the need for emergency dental intervention.</p><p>The current study seeks to assess the emotional state of children aged 8-12, who needed dental care during quarantine, at the regional level, as well as the degree of anxiety of their parents. Dental anxiety was assessed independently by the dentist, parents and children themselves. If in children, the level of dental anxiety increased insignificantly, compared to the pre-pandemic period, the levels of parental anxiety were higher. The boys in the pandemic group had a higher level of anxiety, especially in the parental assessment.</p><p>The results suggest that the reorganization of oral care in the pandemic scenario did not have a major effect on children's dental anxiety. However, the results of the assessment in boys show that they may be more vulnerable and need special care to alleviate their anxiety and reduce their risk of dentophobia in the future. These conclusions should be treated with caution, given the small sample size, which requires further confirmation. It is also important to convince parents of the safety of a visit to the dentist during a pandemic, to minimize their anxiety about their children's dental fears.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bdc0aa93783496cb9c2a4aba9f4c47f2024-02-14T11:56:40ZengEduSoft publishingBrain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience2067-39572024-02-011515425491322Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 PandemicDorina STAN0Dragos VOICU1Magda ANTOHE2Monica BOEV3Iulia CHISCOP4Ovidiu Mihai STEFANESCU5Lucian Stefan BURLEA6“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Faculty of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Faculty of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” IasiUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi<p>Dentophobia is a significant problem in oral health management. In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the associated sanitary measures (quarantine, social distancing) at national level, the fear and dental anxiety are supposedly increased, especially in children. Pediatric patients are emotionally affected when they faced with the need for emergency dental intervention.</p><p>The current study seeks to assess the emotional state of children aged 8-12, who needed dental care during quarantine, at the regional level, as well as the degree of anxiety of their parents. Dental anxiety was assessed independently by the dentist, parents and children themselves. If in children, the level of dental anxiety increased insignificantly, compared to the pre-pandemic period, the levels of parental anxiety were higher. The boys in the pandemic group had a higher level of anxiety, especially in the parental assessment.</p><p>The results suggest that the reorganization of oral care in the pandemic scenario did not have a major effect on children's dental anxiety. However, the results of the assessment in boys show that they may be more vulnerable and need special care to alleviate their anxiety and reduce their risk of dentophobia in the future. These conclusions should be treated with caution, given the small sample size, which requires further confirmation. It is also important to convince parents of the safety of a visit to the dentist during a pandemic, to minimize their anxiety about their children's dental fears.</p>https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1524pandemic covid-19dental fear, dental care in childrenthe dentist-patient relationship |
| spellingShingle | Dorina STAN Dragos VOICU Magda ANTOHE Monica BOEV Iulia CHISCOP Ovidiu Mihai STEFANESCU Lucian Stefan BURLEA Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience pandemic covid-19 dental fear, dental care in children the dentist-patient relationship |
| title | Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Dentophobia in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | dentophobia in children during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | pandemic covid-19 dental fear, dental care in children the dentist-patient relationship |
| url | https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1524 |
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