• JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2020

    Prevalence of Dental Fear among 6-15 Years Old School Children.

    • Sirjana Dahal, Ashish Shrestha, and Tarakant Bhagat.
    • Department of Community and Public Health Dentistry, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
    • JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2020 Jan 1; 58 (221): 33-38.

    IntroductionOdontophobia or dental fear is a "unique phobia with special psychosomatic components that impact on the dental health of the odontophobia persons". It is well documented that dental fear has a significant impact on dental care utilization behaviors. The objective of this study was to find out the level of dental fear among school children studying in government schools of Dharan, Nepal.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from March to August 2017 among 215 school going children of Dharan of age group 6 to 15 years. Ethical approval was obtained. Children studying in six different government schools of Dharan were selected using two stage cluster sampling method. The Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale was used to measure dental fear among the study group. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel Sheet 2007 and analyzed in Statistical Package of Social Sciences 11.5.ResultsThis study showed that among the total study population, 96 (44.7%) had high fear, 62 (28.8%) had moderate fear and 57 (26.5%) had low dental fear. Among males, 29 (34.5%) had high fear whereas more than half of the female respondents had high fear.ConclusionsThe present study showed that most of the school going children had high fear of dental treatment. So, school health programs should be planned to make the children familiar to dentistry and proper treatment modalities should be provided to make the child comfortable to seek dental care.

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