ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to assess dental anxiety of children in dental clinics, using different techniques. This study was conducted among one hundred children of 6 to 12 years old (males and females). They were examined in the Pediatric Dental Clinics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University. Tooth restoration under local ansthesia, was carried out for each child, and anxiety was measured by using Venham 6 point index. After tooth restoration Simple direct questionnaire was used for assessment of dental anxiety. Each child was given a set of color pencils and instructed to draw a person in dental clinic and children drawings were scored using Child drawing: Hospital (CD:H) scale. The majority of children’s drawing scores were in the anxiety level of low stress (70%), then average stress (28%) and in very low stress (2%). Through simple direct questionnaire the majority of children showed a positive perception to dental treatment. There was no significant difference between males and females in assessment of anxiety in all scales except, questionnaire in group A and Venham 6 point index in group B, which showed significant differences. According to age there was no significant difference between the two age groups in males and females. Dental treatment did not always present a psychologically traumatic experience. Keywords: Dental; Anxiety; Child Drawing: Hospital

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