Based on the hypothesis that a vicious cycle of dental fear exists, whereby consequences tend to maintain fear, relationship between self-reported oral health status and use services was explored.The study used telephone interview survey with interviews predominantly conducted in 2002. A random sample 6,112 Australian residents aged 16 years over selected from 13 strata across all States Territories. Data were weighted by age sex obtain unbiased population estimates.People higher visited...

This study aimed to describe both the prevalence of dental fear in Australia and explore relationship between a number demographic, socio-economic, oral health, insurance service usage variables.A telephone interview survey random sample 7312 Australian residents, aged five years over, from all states territories.The high entire was 16.1 per cent. A higher percentage females than males reported (HF). Adults 40-64 old had highest with those adults 80+ having least. There were also differences...

Abstract Objectives A vicious cycle is believed to operate in the maintenance of dental fear, whereby greater fear leads delay or avoidance visiting, deteriorated oral health and problem‐oriented treatment, which then serves reinforce fear. The current study sought uncover existence this pattern investigate role both terms their hypothesized effect on treatment needs visiting for problems. Methods Study participants were 1036 (response rate = 71.6%) dentate Australians (aged 15+) from all...

This study aimed to investigate the association between dental fear and both caries periodontal indicators.A three-stage stratified clustered sample of Australian adult population completed a computer-assisted telephone interview followed by clinical examination. Oral health measures were DMFT index its components, periodontitis gingivitis. A total 5364 adults aged 18-91 years dentally examined.Higher was significantly associated with more decayed teeth (DT), missing (MT) DMFT. There an...

Academic stress negatively affects students' performance. However, little is known of the processes that may be involved in this association. This study aimed to analyze how other variables such as coping strategies and exam-related self-efficacy could related academic performance for dental students. An online survey, including measures strategies, perceived stress, self-efficacy, performance, was completed by undergraduate students Madrid, Spain. Of 275 invited take 201 participated...

We examined demographic and socioeconomic differences in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), its association with dental caries children, whether exposure to water fluoridation modifies this association.In a cross-sectional study, we used stratified, clustered sampling design obtain information on 16 508 children aged 5 years enrolled Australian school services 2002 2005. Dental staff assessed caries, parents completed questionnaire about their child's residential history,...

Armfield JM. Towards a better understanding of dental anxiety and fear: cognitions vs. experiences. Eur J Oral Sci 2010; 118: 259–264. © 2010 The Author. Journal compilation Traumatic experiences are associated with fear. However, many people no fear have had negative experiences, some considerable fail to recall any traumatic incidents. This study aimed determine whether was explained by or cognitive perceptions going the dentist as being uncontrollable, unpredictable, dangerous,...

Abstract Background: For the general dental practitioner, fearful patients are harder and more stressful to treat most likely attend irregularly. This study presents updated refined fear phobia prevalence estimates in Australia as well information on nature of phobia. Methods: A total 1084 Australian adults (response rate = 71.7%) completed a mailed questionnaire. The survey contained four measures phobia, questions regarding potentially anxiety‐eliciting stimuli past aversive experiences....

Background: It has been proposed that psychosocial variables are important determinants of oral health outcomes. In addition, the effect socioeconomic factors in argued to work through shaping stressors and resources. This study therefore aimed examine role after controlling for selected behavioural factors. Methods: Logistic generalised linear regression analyses were conducted on self-rated health, untreated decayed teeth number decayed, missing filled (DMFT) from dentate participants a...

Child maltreatment (CM) is a global public health issue, with reported impacts on and social outcomes. Evidence mortality lacking. In this study, we aimed to estimate the impact of CM death rates in persons 16 33 years.A retrospective cohort study all born South Australia 1986 2003 using linked administrative data. exposure was based child protection service (CPS) contact: unexposed, no CPS contact before years, 7 exposed groups. Deaths were observed until May 31, 2019 plotted from years....

BackgroundThe extent of intergenerational transmission child maltreatment is unclear due to methodological limitations in previous studies. In this study, we aimed examine factors associated with and quantify its a population sample over 30-year period South Australia.MethodsIn retrospective cohort used linked administrative data from the Australian Birth Registry identify dyads mothers their children both born Australia between July 1, 1986, June 30, 2017. Three protection system (CPS)...

The Cognitive Vulnerability Model proposes that perceptions of certain characteristics a situation are critical determinants fear. Although the model is applicable to all animal, natural environment and situational fears, it has not yet been applied specifically dental This study therefore aimed examine association between fear visits as uncontrollable, unpredictable dangerous.The used clustered, stratified national sample Australians aged 15 years over. All participants were asked in...

It has been proposed that avoidance of dental visits might be the main determinant poor oral health outcomes in people with high anxiety (HDA). This study aimed to determine predictors among HDA and also whether these differed from those found lower (LDA).Study participants (n = 596; response rate 41.1%) comprised a random cross-sectional sample Australian adult population who completed mailed self-complete questionnaire containing items relating use accessibility services, trust...

Objectives. Water fluoridation is one of the most effective public health programs past century. However, efforts to extend water into currently non-fluoridated areas are often thwarted. Despite considerable evidence regarding effectiveness at an individual level, published national community-based studies rare. This study compared children's decay experience and prevalence between with without in Australia. Methods. Oral data were obtained from clinical examinations 128,990 5- 15-year-old...

Cognitive elements play a key role in dental anxiety. Nevertheless, relatively little is known about how treatments and frequency of visits to the dentist are related fear its cognitive antecedents. This study aimed explore relationships between visits, past treatment experiences, expectations on aversiveness/probability negative events, children. The participants were 147 children (60% female; mean age = 12.0 yr) who completed questionnaire comprising measures treatment-related experience...

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop the Turkish version Index Dental Anxiety and Fear (IDAF-4C+) also explore factors associated with dental anxiety in clinical pediatric patients (PDPs). Study Design: sample consisted 421 PDPs aged 12–14, 104 whom were selected for test-retest analysis. psychometric evaluation included linguistic validity, exploratory factor analysis, reliability by internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) (intra-class correlation coefficient, ICC). Construct...

The Cognitive Vulnerability Model holds that both clinical and sub-clinical manifestations of animal fears are a result how an is perceived, can be used to explain individual differences in fear acquisition the uneven distribution population. This study looked at association between number animals perceptions as uncontrollable, unpredictable, dangerous disgusting. Also assessed were perceived loomingness, prior familiarity, negative evaluation well possible conditioning experiences.162...

The establishment of the evaluation programme Australian School Dental Scheme has led to continuous surveillance child oral health extending from 1977 present day. aims this study were examine state in Australia 2002 and explore longer term trends across quarter a century recorded activity.Caries data obtained for children who enrolled Services each territory years 1977-2002. Data collection derived routine examinations within Service with carried out by dentists dental therapists.There...