Purpose: The people of Appalachia-West Virginia are culturally unique and are known to
have oral health disparities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dental fear in relation …

Abstract < bold> Purpose: </bold> The prevalence and correlates of dental fear
have been studied in representative population studies, but not in patients presenting for …

Objectives: This paper assesses the effect of fear on a number of dental utilization behaviors
and oral heath outcome in a sample of adult Floridians. Methods: A telephone survey was …

Many practitioners do not realize how many current and potential patients have high dental
fear. However, dentists do notice their characteristics—intervals between visits and chronic …

Objectives A vicious cycle is believed to operate in the maintenance of dental fear, whereby
greater dental fear leads to the delay or avoidance of dental visiting, deteriorated oral health …

Objective: The aim is to investigate the causes of dental fear and its impact on dental
attendance behaviors. Materials and Methods: A short questionnaire was distributed to …

This study evaluates the current incidence of dental fear and avoidance in the general
population. A telephone survey, using a random dialing procedure, was used as a means of …

Dental fear is related to poorer oral health outcomes, and this might be explained by the less
frequent dental visiting of many fearful people. The objectives of this study were to …

Background The objective of this study was to investigate factors associated with regular
dental visits in an adult population. Methods A representative sample of non-institutionalized …

Armfield JM. A comparison of three continuous scales used to determine the prevalence of
clinically significant dental fear. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2011; 39: 554–563.© 2011 …