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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
https://doi.org/10.58179/RJDR1301
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.
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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DENTAL ANXIETY LEVEL IN DENTAL STUDENTS AND STUDENTS FROM OTHER FACULTIES
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