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Inter J Stomatol ›› 2007, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (03): 162-164.

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The Prevalence of Dental Anxiety in the Aged People

GUO Bin, LIU Jing, YANG Fan, XIE Si- jing, QUE Kehua, ZHANG Qiong   

  1. Dept. of Geriatric Dentistry, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Online:2007-05-20 Published:2007-05-20

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Objective To determine the prevalence of dental anxiety in aged patients and also the influence factors. Methods A coach dental anxiety scale（DAS）was randomly used in 100 aged patients. Results The incidence rate of dental anxiety（DA） in these patients was 56%. The main reason of DA was pain and the rate was 70%. The incidence rate of being afraid of the dentist′s technical was not very good or the attitude was not serious was 12%. The incidence rate of being afraid of the treatment was too complex or the pay for the treatment was too expensive was 10%. The other was 8% which contained being afraid of tooth extraction and the sequelae etc. Conclusion The DA exists in 56% patients and pain is the most significant reason.

Key words: aged patients, dental anxiety, investigation and analysis


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