Babaji Prashant, Chauhan Pavni, Churasia Vishwajiit Rampratap, Kaur Tamanpreet, Singh Smita, Augustine Melvin
Department of Pedodontics, Sharavathi Dental College, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
Department of Pedodontics, Vyas Dental College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Dent Res J (Isfahan). 2018 Nov-Dec;15(6):391-396.
Fear of a dental child is most commonly associated with dentist attire and usage of syringe. The objective of the study was to evaluate the preference of dentist's attire and kind of syringe (conventional or camouflage) among different age groups of children.
In this cross-sectional study A total of 750 children aged 4-14 years were included in the study. All the participants were subdivided into five major groups according to their age, i.e., 4-5 years, 6-7 years, 8-9 years, 10-11 years, and 12-14 years. A set of six photographs which included dentists in white-colored apron, pink-colored apron, green-colored apron, blue-colored apron, and gown with cartoon character and dentists without apron (formal attire) along with: (a) camouflage syringe and (b) conventional syringe were provided to every child and was asked to give his/her preference looking at the six set of pictures. The preference of each child was thus recorded. Children's anxiety level during injections and dentist attire was assessed and recorded using two anxiety scales, i.e. the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale faces version and Facial Image Scale. SPSS statistical software and Chi-square test were used. ( < 0.05).
A majority of 35.3% participants in the 4-5-years age group preferred aprons with cartoon character, while 65.3% in the 12-14-years age group selected white apron as the preferred choice. Regarding preference of the syringe type, it was observed that 82% of the younger age preferred camouflage syringe and 75% of the older age preferred conventional syringe. On comparison of both the scales, no significant differences were found. About 82% children in the older age group were reported to be nonanxious with white attire and only 14% were anxious with the conventional syringe type.
Younger children have a greater preference of colorful attire of dentist and camouflage syringe over the conventional one when compared to older children.
儿童对看牙的恐惧最常与牙医着装和注射器的使用有关。本研究的目的是评估不同年龄组儿童对牙医着装和注射器类型（传统型或伪装型）的偏好。
在这项横断面研究中，共有750名4至14岁的儿童被纳入研究。所有参与者根据年龄分为五个主要组，即4至5岁、6至7岁、8至9岁、10至11岁和12至14岁。向每个儿童提供一组六张照片，其中包括穿着白色围裙、粉色围裙、绿色围裙、蓝色围裙、带有卡通人物的长袍的牙医以及不穿围裙的牙医（正式着装），以及：（a）伪装注射器和（b）传统注射器，并要求他们看着这六组照片给出自己的偏好。每个儿童的偏好由此被记录下来。使用两种焦虑量表，即改良儿童牙科焦虑量表面部版和面部图像量表，对儿童注射期间和牙医着装时的焦虑水平进行评估和记录。使用SPSS统计软件和卡方检验。（<0.05）
4至5岁年龄组中，35.3%的参与者更喜欢带有卡通人物的围裙，而12至14岁年龄组中65.3%的人选择白色围裙作为首选。关于注射器类型的偏好，观察到82%的较年幼儿童更喜欢伪装注射器，75%的较年长儿童更喜欢传统注射器。在比较这两种量表时，未发现显著差异。据报告，年龄较大组中约82%的儿童对白色着装不焦虑，只有14%的儿童对传统注射器类型感到焦虑。
与年龄较大的儿童相比，年龄较小的儿童更喜欢色彩鲜艳的牙医着装和伪装注射器，而不是传统注射器。
