Association between Dental Fear and Children’s Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

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ID15515215
AuthorsFahad Hegazi (0000-0001-6491-0319, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, corresponding author), Nada Alghamdi (0000-0001-6273-5537, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Danah Sahmi Alhajri (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Danah Alhajri (Collage of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia), Lulwah Fouad Alabdulqader (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Lulwah Alabdulqader (Collage of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia), Danah Abdullatif Alhammad (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Danah Alhammad (Collage of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia), Lama Alshamrani (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Sumit Bedi (0000-0002-4600-4344, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Sonali Sharma (0000-0001-9479-1832, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University)
Year2024
Volume21
Issue9
Pages1195-1195
Publication date2024-09-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph21091195
PMID39338078
OpenAlexW4402413728
LanguageEN
References cited34

Our findings demonstrate that children's fear and dental caries are both associated with poorer OHRQoL. Further, parental dental fear about dentists was associated with children's fear of dentists

Anxiety · Arabic · Association (psychology · Confounding · Dental fear · Oral health · Psychiatry · Quality of life (healthcare · Clinical Psychology · Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dentistry · Medicine · Psychology

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