Dental Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
Dental fear and anxiety is a significant issue that affects pediatric patients and creates challenges in oral health management. Considering that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with its associated sanitary regime, social distancing measures and nationwide quarantines, could itself induce public fears, including in children, it is of great interest to explore whether this situation and the necessity of reorganizing dental care could potentially affect the emotional state of pediatric patients facing a need for urgent dental intervention
Interventions
OTHERroutine dental restorative procedures
pulp and restorative therapy
Sponsors
Hams Hamed Abdelrahman
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 6 Years
Inclusion criteria
* parental consent * no previous dental experience * medically free children
Exclusion criteria
* children with negative behavior according to Frankl Rating Scale * children require general anesthesia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dental anxiety level | through study completion, an average of 3 months | Assessment will performed by using Facial image scale (FIS)It consists of 5 faces ranging from very happy to very unhappy. At the beginning, the 5 faces have been explained to all children and they were asked to point to the face which best describes how he/she felt at the moment |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactDalia M Talaat, phd
Outcome results
None listed