title: [Fear of dental treatment. Prevalence and characteristics among adult Danes].
abstract: A random sample of residents of the municipality of Aarhus were telephone interviewed about fear of dental treatment and characteristics of any pre-existing dental anxiety. Results showed that 4.2% of 539 residents surveyed had extreme anxiety and 6% were moderately afraid. Results of dental anxiety, especially in the odontophobic group, were years of avoidance of treatment and associated poor subjective perceptions of oral health. Logistic analyses revealed that although dental drilling was the identifying feature of dental anxiety characteristics, the drill could be symbolic for the many persons who perceived dentists as treating them with putdowns, angry comments and hardhandedness. Other persons suffered from multiple fears, which may have an accumulative effect on dental treatment anxiety. A conceptual model is presented as derived from present results and existing clinical and epidemiologic literature.
authors.affiliation: Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Aarhus Universitet, Tandlaegeskolen, Forsknings.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Brødsgaard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scheutz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Birn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Angst for tandbehandling. Proevalens og karakteristika blandt voksne danskere.