CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY
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Keywords
dental phobia, Dental anxiety, Psychological factors, Fear, Oral health
Abstract
dental phobia and anxiety are mental issues that influence the majority of individuals. This article analyzes the mental impacts of dental phobia and anxiety in order to identify their causes, results, and impacts. Through a comprehensive audit of the writing, this ponder analyzes different hypothetical systems, observational evidence, and strategies utilized to look at dental phobia and anxiety. The strategies utilized to degree and unravel these issues and their causes have been analyzed. The causes, relationships, and impacts of dental phobia and anxiety are outlined with pictures, words, and pictures. The talk dives into the complexity of mental marvels, considering organic, natural, and cognitive components. Also, suggestions for dental hygiene, open well-being, and future inquiries about headings are investigated. In summary, suggestions are made to make strides in the understanding, avoidance, and administration of dental phobia and anxiety and eventually progress in verbal well-being.
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11126-021-09935-6
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982262/
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2. Silveira, E. R., Cademartori, M. G., Schuch, H. S., Armfield, J. A., & Demarco, F. F. (2021). Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of dentistry, 108, 103632. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300571221000531
3. Shindova, M. P., & Belcheva, A. B. (2021). Dental fear and anxiety in children: A review of the environmental factors. Folia Medica, 63(2), 177-182.
https://foliamedica.bg/article/54763/download/pdf/
4. Wolf, T. G., Schläppi, S., Benz, C. I., & Campus, G. (2022). Efficacy of hypnosis on dental anxiety and Phobia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 521. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/5/521
5. Kassem El Hajj, H., Fares, Y., & Abou-Abbas, L. (2021). Assessment of dental anxiety and dental phobia among adults in Lebanon. BMC Oral Health, 21, 1-10.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-021-01409-2
6. Kohli, N., Hugar, S. M., Soneta, S. P., Saxena, N., Kadam, K. S., & Gokhale, N. (2022). Psychological behavior management techniques to alleviate dental fear and anxiety in 4–14-year-old children in pediatric dentistry: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Dental research journal, 19. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9338387/
7. Wong, N. S. M., Yeung, A. W. K., McGrath, C. P., & Leung, Y. Y. (2022). Qualitative evaluation of YouTube videos on dental fear, anxiety and phobia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 750. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/750
8. Vanhee, T., Mourali, S., Bottenberg, P., Jacquet, W., & Vanden Abbeele, A. (2020). Stimuli involved in dental anxiety: What are patients afraid of? A descriptive study. International journal of paediatric dentistry, 30(3), 276-285.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ipd.12595
9. López-Valverde, N., Muriel Fernández, J., López-Valverde, A., Valero Juan, L. F., Ramírez, J. M., Flores Fraile, J., ... & Bravo, M. (2020). Use of virtual reality for the management of anxiety and pain in dental treatments: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(4), 1025. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/4/1025
10. Passos De Luca, M., Massignan, C., Bolan, M., Butini Oliveira, L., Aydinoz, S., Dick, B., & De Luca Canto, G. (2021). Does the presence of parents in the dental operatory room influence children’s behaviour, anxiety and fear during their dental treatment? A systematic review. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 31(3), 318-336.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ipd.12762
11. Majeed, M. M., Saleem, Z., Sarwar, H., Ramzan, Z., Iqbal, S. N., & Naeem, M. M. (2021). The psychology of coronavirus fear: Are dentists of Pakistan suffering from corona-phobia? Journal of the Pakistan Dental Association, 30(1). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mansoor-Majeed/publication/349324352_The_Psychology_of_Coronavirus_Fear_Are_Dentists_of_Pakistan_Suffering_from_Corona-Phobia/links/602abda0a6fdcc37a82bfe9e/The-Psychology-of-Coronavirus-Fear-Are-Dentists-of-Pakistan-Suffering-from-Corona-Phobia.pdf
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13. Scandurra, C., Gasparro, R., Dolce, P., Bochicchio, V., Muzii, B., Sammartino, G., & Maldonato, N. M. (2021). The role of cognitive and non‐cognitive factors in dental anxiety: A mediation model. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 129(4), e12793.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eos.12793
14. Weisfeld, C. C., Turner, J. A., Dunleavy, K., Ko, A., Bowen, J. I., Roelk, B., ... & Robertson, K. (2021). Dealing with anxious patients: a systematic review of the literature on nonpharmaceutical interventions to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing medical or dental procedures. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 27(9), 717-726.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2020.0504
15. Hegde, T., Bhavyashri, P., Vasthare, R., Karthik, M., & Munoli, R. (2022). Evaluation of Parental Dental Fear and Anxiety (DFA) on adolescent dental treatment: a narrative review. Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry, 12(1), 12-19. https://journals.lww.com/jpcd/fulltext/2022/12010/evaluation_of_parental_dental_fear_and_anxiety.2.aspx
16. Sarapultseva, M., Yarushina, M., Kritsky, I., Ibragimov, R., & Sarapultsev, A. (2020). Prevalence of dental fear and anxiety among Russian children of different ages: The cross-sectional study. European journal of dentistry, 14(04), 621-625. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0040-1714035
17. Carrillo-Diaz, M., Lacomba-Trejo, L., Del Valle-González, A., Romero-Maroto, M., & González-Olmo, M. J. (2021). Anxiety and facial self-contacts: possible impact on COVID-19 transmission in dental practice. BMC oral health, 21, 1-9.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-021-01564-6
18. Svensson, L. (2020). Dental Anxiety: prevalence, measurements and consequences.
https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/65134
19. Aburas, S., Pfaffeneder‐Mantai, F., Hofmann, A., Meller, O., Schneider, B., & Turhani, D. (2023). Dentophobia and dental treatment: An umbrella review of the published literature. Special Care in Dentistry, 43(2), 163-173.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/scd.12749
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735621998439
22. Laureano, I. C. C., Farias, L., Fernandes, L. H. F., Alencar, C. R. B. D., Forte, F. D. S., Honório, D. R., & Cavalcanti, A. L. (2020). Dental fear in children: association with dental caries and molar incisor hypomineralization. Brazilian Dental Journal, 31, 673-679.
https://www.scielo.br/j/bdj/a/gwqx3Jf8tMpppvcNDNdZfSq/?format=html&lang=en
23. Choi, H., Kim, R. J. Y., Park, S. Y., Lee, J., & Song, Y. (2024). Determinants of Dentist–Patient Relationships: A Scoping Review. International Dental Journal.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020653924000698
24. Laureano, I. C. C., Farias, L., Goncharuk-Khomyn, M., Leite Cavalcanti, A., & Yavuz, Y. (2021). Mental Health of Dentists during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A critical literature review. https://dspace.uzhnu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/lib/47216
25. Heyman, R. E., Daly, K. A., Slep, A. M. S., & Wolff, M. S. (2024). Leveraging technology to increase the disseminability of evidence‐based treatment of dental fear: An uncontrolled pilot study. Journal of public health dentistry, 84(1), 36-42.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jphd.12598
26. Slabšinskienė, E., Kavaliauskienė, A., Žemaitienė, M., Vasiliauskienė, I., & Zaborskis, A. (2021). Dental fear and associated factors among children and adolescents: A school-based study in Lithuania. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(16), 8883. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8883
27. Xiang, B., Wong, H. M., Perfecto, A. P., & McGrath, C. P. (2020). Modelling health belief predictors of oral health and dental anxiety among adolescents based on the Health Belief Model: a cross-sectional study. BMC public health, 20, 1-12.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09784-1
28. Freitas, J. R. S., Velosa, V. H. S., Abreu, L. T. N., Jardim, R. L., Santos, J. A. V., Peres, B., & Campos, P. F. (2021). Virtual reality exposure treatment in phobias: a systematic review. Psychiatric Quarterly, 92(4), 1685-1710.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11126-021-09935-6
29. Rath, S., Das, D., Sahoo, S. K., Raj, A., Guddala, N. R., & Rathee, G. (2021). Childhood dental fear in children aged 7-11 years old by using the Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale. Journal of Medicine and Life, 14(1), 45.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982262/
30. Alghareeb, Z., Alhaji, K., Alhaddad, B., & Gaffar, B. (2022). Assessment of dental anxiety and hemodynamic changes during different dental procedures: a report from eastern Saudi Arabia. European Journal of Dentistry, 16(04), 833-840. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0041-1740222
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Mohammed Adnan Mandourah, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alkhateeb, Motazz Sami Halawani, Dr. Ayman Hammad Alothmani, Alabbas Abdulghani Jar, Osama Shakeel Alhamid, Ibrahim Lafi Sultan Alharthi, & Sohair Mamoun Mandourah. (2022). CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 29(04), 2472-2481. https://doi.org/10.53555/jptcp.v29i04.5432
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Mohammed Adnan Mandourah
Jeddah Specialty Dental Center, Saudi Arabia
Abdulhamid Mohammed Alkhateeb
Jeddah Specialty Dental Center, Saudi Arabia
Motazz Sami Halawani
East General Hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ayman Hammad Alothmani
Jeddah Specialty Dental Center, Saudi Arabia
Alabbas Abdulghani Jar
Jeddah Specialty Dental Center, Saudi Arabia
Osama Shakeel Alhamid
Althaghar general hospital, Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Lafi Sultan Alharthi
Jeddah complex for mental health, Saudi Arabia
Sohair Mamoun Mandourah
King abduallah medical complex, Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Adnan Mandourah, Abdulhamid Mohammed Alkhateeb, Motazz Sami Halawani, Dr. Ayman Hammad Alothmani, Alabbas Abdulghani Jar, Osama Shakeel Alhamid, Ibrahim Lafi Sultan Alharthi, & Sohair Mamoun Mandourah. (2022). CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DENTAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 29(04), 2472-2481. https://doi.org/10.53555/jptcp.v29i04.5432