Psycho-social correlates of dental anxiety and its association with caries experience in 12-16-year-old school going children in Southern India

Psycho-social correlates of dental anxiety and its association with caries experience in 12-16-year-old school going children in Southern India

Introduction: Dental anxiety causes a decrease in population addressability to the dentist with antagonistic consequences for long-term oral health. Assessment of behavioural factors that correlate with dental anxiety is important for the accurate evaluation of dental fear. Its diagnosis in childhoo...

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Main Authors: Sweta Singh, Shashidhar Acharya, Meghashyam Bhat, P Kalyan Chakravarthy, Pratik Kariya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Advances in Human Biology
Subjects:
children
dental anxiety
dental caries
public schools
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