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ISSN: 2996-9573 (Print) | eISSN: 2996-9581(Online)

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Volume 1, Number 3 (September 2024)

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Emma Cristina Drăghici, Sanda Mihaela Popescu, Antonia Samia Khaddour, Răzvan Eugen Ghiţă, Melania Olimpia Cojocaru, Roxana Iulia Marinescu, Robert Petrescu, Monica Scrieciu

 

DENTAL ANXIETY LEVEL IN DENTAL STUDENTS AND STUDENTS FROM OTHER FACULTIES

 

 

https://doi.org/10.58179/RJDR1301

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To cite this article:

Emma Cristina Drăghici, Antonia- Samia Khaddour, Răzvan- Eugen Ghiţă, Melania Olimpia Cojocaru, Roxana Iulia Marinescu, Robert Petrescu, Monica Scrieciu, Sanda Mihaela Popescu. Dental anxiety level in dental students and students from other faculties. Rom J Dent Res. 2024;.Vol 1(Nr.3):6-24.

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Abstract

Currently, dental anxiety affects up to 50% of the population and represents the emotional and physical response to an anticipated experience, which the individual perceives as threatening. Background: The objective of this study was to compare the level of dental anxiety in a group of students of Dental Medicine compared with a group of students from other faculties. Methods: The study was carried out over a period of 6 months, on 148 participants, who were divided into two study groups and assumed the completion of a questionnaire related to the state of anxiety they have in the dental office as a patient. Results: Of the students with a high level of anxiety, 68.75% are women and only 31.25% are men. The high level of anxiety is present only in 3.57% of the students of the faculty of dental medicine, these being female. For students of other faculties, the situation is significantly different: 15.21% have a high level of anxiety, 56.25% of them are women, and 31.25% are men. Conclusions: Anxiety towards dentistry considerably influences the dental treatment plan of patients with a high level of anxiety. Through the adequate management of anxious patients, the dentist manages to control their stress, thus obtaining the prerequisites or the success of the dental treatment.

Keywords: dental anxiety, dental medicine, fear, phobia.

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