Muhammad Bader Munir, Humaira Siddique, Fatima Saeed.
Factors causing Dental Fear in Adult patients during and after Dental Treatment: a Cross Sectional study in Punjab Dental Hospital Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(3):1040-5.

Prevalence of dental fear among the adult population in Punjab Dental Hospital (PDH) was estimated 46.9%. The study aim was to find out factors associated with dental fear and its prevalence in adult population. A cross- sectional study was conducted on consecutively visiting 160 outdoor patients in PDH. Descriptive statistical analysis (frequencies and crosstabs) and bivariate correlate analysis was done to find fear relation with other factors by using SPSS. No significant correlation of dental fear was found with gender, educational status, and age. Study showed slight predominance of dental fear in females, educated and patient’s whose age ranged from 30-45 years. There was a significant correlation found between fear and factors like poor general and oral health, and patients who were found dissatisfied with their lives. Fear was also found in those who went through invasive procedures like extraction. Significant correlation was also indicated between fear and bad past experience , first dental visit age and frequency of visit to dental clinic. Other factors causing fear were dentist’s white coat, needle/injection and other instrumentation, injury to lip and past traumatic dental history.

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