Boka V, Arapostathis K, Karagiannis V, Kotsanos N, van Loveren C, Veerkamp J
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Pedodontology, ACTA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2017 Mar;18(1):45-50. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2017.18.01.10.
To present: the normative data on dental fear and caries status; the dental fear cut-off points of young children in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study with two independent study groups. A first representative sample consisted of 1484 children from 15 primary public schools of Thessaloniki. A second sample consisted of 195 randomly selected age-matched children, all patients of the Postgraduate Paediatric Dental Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. First sample: In order to select data on dental fear and caries, dental examination took place in the classroom with disposable mirrors and a penlight. All the children completed the Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS). Second sample: In order to define the cut-off points of the CFSS-DS, dental treatment of the 195 children was performed at the University Clinic. Children⁁s dental fear was assessed using the CFSS-DS and their behaviour during dental treatment was observed by one calibrated examiner using the Venham scale.
Statistical analysis of the data was performed with IBM SPSS Statistics 20 at a statistical significance level of <0.05.
First sample: The mean CFSS-DS score was 27.1±10.8. Age was significantly (p<0.05) related to dental fear. Mean differences between boys and girls were not significant. Caries was not correlated with dental fear. Second sample: CFSS-DS< 33 was defined as 'no dental fear', scores 33-37 as 'borderline' and scores > 37 as 'dental fear'. In the first sample, 84.6% of the children did not suffer from dental fear (CFSS-DS<33).
Dental fear was correlated to age and not to caries and gender. The dental fear cut-off point for the CFSS-DS was estimated at 37 for 6-12 year old children (33-37 borderlines).
呈现：关于牙科恐惧和龋齿状况的规范数据；希腊塞萨洛尼基市幼儿的牙科恐惧临界点。
研究设计：这是一项有两个独立研究组的横断面研究。第一个代表性样本由来自塞萨洛尼基15所公立小学的1484名儿童组成。第二个样本由195名随机选取的年龄匹配儿童组成，他们均为塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学研究生儿科牙科诊所的患者。第一个样本：为了获取有关牙科恐惧和龋齿的数据，在教室里使用一次性镜子和笔形手电筒进行牙科检查。所有儿童均完成了儿童恐惧调查问卷牙科分量表（CFSS-DS）。第二个样本：为了确定CFSS-DS的临界点，在大学诊所对195名儿童进行牙科治疗。使用CFSS-DS评估儿童的牙科恐惧，并由一名经过校准的检查人员使用韦纳姆量表观察他们在牙科治疗期间的行为。
使用IBM SPSS Statistics 20对数据进行统计分析，统计显著性水平为<0.05。
第一个样本：CFSS-DS的平均得分为27.1±10.8。年龄与牙科恐惧显著相关（p<0.05）。男孩和女孩之间的平均差异不显著。龋齿与牙科恐惧无关。第二个样本：CFSS-DS<33被定义为“无牙科恐惧”，得分33 - 37为“临界”，得分>37为“牙科恐惧”。在第一个样本中，84.6%的儿童没有牙科恐惧（CFSS-DS<33）。
牙科恐惧与年龄相关，与龋齿和性别无关。CFSS-DS的牙科恐惧临界点估计为6 - 12岁儿童37分（33 - 37分为临界）。
