Introduction: Dental anxiety (DA) is treatable and preventable when dental personnel correctly estimate the patient's level of DA. Objective: To evaluate dental personnel's ability to estimate DA.
Method: All public dental clinics in the region of Östergötland, Sweden, were asked to consecutively recruit adult patients returning for their annual examination. The patient rated DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and a Visual Analogue Scale of dental anxiety (DA-VAS). The patient also recorded gender, age, level of education and confidence in handling DA. After the examination, the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a VAS. The examiner also recorded gender, age, profession, years of experience, country of education, interest in DA, special education concerning DA and confidence in ability to handle DA.
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OBSERVATIONAL
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1,230
the dental personnel estimated the patient's level of DA (eDA) on a 100mm VAS
The patient rated their DA using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)
Centrum för Orofacial Medicin, Torkelbergsgatan 11.
Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden
Estimated Dental anxiety on a 100mm VAS vs MDAS
The dental personnel's Clinical estimation of how dentally anxious their patient are (where 0mm represent minimal and 100mm maximal.) compared to the patients one rating of dental anxiety(Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal) .
Time frame: through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of aproximatly 6 months
The patients Dental Anxiety, measured whit the "Modified Dental Anxiety Scale"(MDAS)
The Patients own ration of how dentally anxious they are. Measured whit the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale(MDAS) where 5 is minimal and 25 maximal
Time frame: through study completion, 2 weeks/clinic and a total of approximately 6 months
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