[Background data about the dental fear scores of Hungarian secondary school students].
Free association (coupling) of 139 Hungarian secondary school students (90 females, 49 males, age between 14-18 yr.) about their teeth was collected. Dental fear (DAS, DFS) and general anxiety scores were measured. Typical dental events (i.e.: simple and traumatising dental treatments, etc.) were coupled by the participants in 36,7% of the cases. Functions and importance of the teeth and oral hygiene were described in 7,2% of the cases. Simple, grotesque, or magical stories and tales about teeth were found in 16,5% of the cases. No answer was found in 39,6% of the cases. Highest dental fear and general anxiety scores were found in the group coupled traumatising dental treatment. Age had no influence on the sense of the association (coupling).
Fejérdy
László
L
Semmelweis Egyetem, Fogpótlástani Klinika, Budapest.
Kaán
Borbála
B
Fábián
Gábor
G
Tóth
Zsuzsanna
Z
Fábián
Tibor Károly
TK
D000293:Adolescent; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*