title: [Background data about the dental fear scores of Hungarian secondary school students].
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Fogpótlástani Klinika, Budapest.
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fejérdy
authors.forename: Borbála
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaán
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fábián
authors.forename: Zsuzsanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Tibor Károly
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Fábián
mesh_terms: 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*