A Relation Between Dental Anxiety, The Parental Family and Regularity of Dental Attendance in India
Manish Jain, Purav Mehta, Anmol Mathur, D Prabu, Suhas Kulkarni, B. Goutham
Citation Information :
Jain M, Mehta P, Mathur A, Prabu D, Kulkarni S, Goutham B. A Relation Between Dental Anxiety, The Parental Family and Regularity of Dental Attendance in India. J Oral Health Comm Dent 2009; 3 (2):29-33.
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between dental anxiety and regularity of dental attendance.
Methods
A survey was carried out among 25-30 years old 150 inhabitants of Udaipur in order to study between regularity of dental attendance and dental anxiety, dental upbringing of respondents, dental behaviors of the parents, education, sex, socioeconomic status, and interaction between these independent variables, on the others. Data were analyzed with Chi square and Multiple Logistic Regression analysis.
Results
Education, dental upbringing, regular dental attendance, socioeconomic status and interaction between education and anxiety were found to be importance for the prediction of regularity of dental attendance.
Conclusion
it has to concluded that other factor must be included to achieve and improvement of the classification of irregular attenders. Dental anxiety, although of importance, can not account for adequate differentiation between regular and irregular attenders.
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