Naveed Arshad Khokhar, Abdullah Jan, Muhammad Saad Shinwari, Ayesha Anwar, Huma Farid.
Dental fear and anxiety among orthodontic patients — a pakistani sample.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;35(2):220-3.

Objective of this study was to determine the frequency of anxiety levels among orthodontic patients using Norman Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale, (DAS) and its correlation with gender, age and education of patient. It was a cross sectional study. The study was carried out at Orthodontics Department, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID), Rawalpindi from October 2014 to January 2015. A self-reported assessment scale developed by N. Corah, Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) was used in the study. It was used in the form of a questionnaire containing data on gender, age, education. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed among consented participants and finally valid 233 questionnaires were recruited in the study. Out of 233 patients, 69 (30%) were male and 164 (70%) were females. 46% participants had mild anxiety score, whereas only 4% participants experienced severe anxiety. With higher education level of patient lesser anxiety score was reported in this study (p= 0.015). Results showed that patients with higher education were significantly less dentally anxious (p<0.01) about orthodontic treatments than patients with lesser education. Demographic characteristics such as gender and age of the patient had statistically no significant effect on DAS.

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