TY  - JOUR
  - Brady P , Dickinson C, Whelton H
  - 2012
  - January
  - SAAD digest
  - Dental anxiety prevalence and surgery environment factors: A questionnaire-based survey of attenders in Ireland
  - Published
  - ()
  - Dental Anxiety
  - 28
  - 13
  - 22
  - Aim: To identify and quantify anxious dental patientsand dental office environment factors that may influenceanxiety.Objective: To develop and implement a questionnaire toinvestigate dental anxiety and identify factors thatenhance or lessen dental anxiety in the surgery setting.Methods: Data was collected from patients by a selfcompletedquestionnaire when attending dentists at ageneral dental practice and hospital clinics.Results:The estimated prevalence of dental anxiety in the totalsample was 17.0%. A higher proportion of females werehighly anxious. Those attending the Dental Hospitalwere less likely to be anxious than those who wereattending the Dental Practice. An inverse relationshipbetween frequency of dental attendance and dentalanxiety was found. Anxiety was significantly higher forthose respondents that indicated that a delay in theirappointment would make them more anxious. Of thereported fears regarding their dental visit, 60% ofrespondents claimed that they were “afraid it’s going tohurt”. When compared to non-anxious patients, moreanxious patients feared “feeling out of control”, a“negative experience”, the needle, the drill, and beingbothered by the smell associated with dental materials.The majority of respondents had a preference for adentist that was young, friendly, talkative and nativeEnglish speaking. In general, patients preferred thesurgery temperature to be slightly cool. Regardless ofanxiety level, 31.0% of patients said that they wouldprefer the chairside mouth rinse to be plain water with49.1% not having a preference.Conclusions:This study demonstrates that a significant proportion ofpatients experience anxiety about visiting the dentist.Many of them have preferences about dentists and thesurgery environment which may be modulators of theiranxiety. Awareness by the dental profession of the causesof dental anxiety and measures taken by dentists tominimise these trigger factors could have a substantialimpact on anxious patients.
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   = {Brady P ,  Dickinson C and  Whelton H },
   = {2012},
   = {January},
   = {SAAD digest},
   = {Dental anxiety prevalence and surgery environment factors: A questionnaire-based survey of attenders in Ireland},
   = {Published},
   = {()},
   = {Dental Anxiety},
   = {28},
  pages = {13--22},
   = {{Aim: To identify and quantify anxious dental patientsand dental office environment factors that may influenceanxiety.Objective: To develop and implement a questionnaire toinvestigate dental anxiety and identify factors thatenhance or lessen dental anxiety in the surgery setting.Methods: Data was collected from patients by a selfcompletedquestionnaire when attending dentists at ageneral dental practice and hospital clinics.Results:The estimated prevalence of dental anxiety in the totalsample was 17.0%. A higher proportion of females werehighly anxious. Those attending the Dental Hospitalwere less likely to be anxious than those who wereattending the Dental Practice. An inverse relationshipbetween frequency of dental attendance and dentalanxiety was found. Anxiety was significantly higher forthose respondents that indicated that a delay in theirappointment would make them more anxious. Of thereported fears regarding their dental visit, 60% ofrespondents claimed that they were “afraid it’s going tohurt”. When compared to non-anxious patients, moreanxious patients feared “feeling out of control”, a“negative experience”, the needle, the drill, and beingbothered by the smell associated with dental materials.The majority of respondents had a preference for adentist that was young, friendly, talkative and nativeEnglish speaking. In general, patients preferred thesurgery temperature to be slightly cool. Regardless ofanxiety level, 31.0% of patients said that they wouldprefer the chairside mouth rinse to be plain water with49.1% not having a preference.Conclusions:This study demonstrates that a significant proportion ofpatients experience anxiety about visiting the dentist.Many of them have preferences about dentists and thesurgery environment which may be modulators of theiranxiety. Awareness by the dental profession of the causesof dental anxiety and measures taken by dentists tominimise these trigger factors could have a substantialimpact on anxious patients.}},
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