Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2021 Apr 30;63(2):177-182. doi: 10.3897/folmed.63.e54763.
Dental fear and anxiety are psychological reactions that interfere significantly with daily life. They are problems suffered by many patients worldwide that remain a significant challenge to providing adequate dental care. The multifactorial etiology of children's dental fear and anxiety identifies the influence of many different risk factors in its development.The aim of this review article is to analyse the scientific literature regarding the different factors associated with dental fear and anxiety in children. Our review of the literature presents a critical analysis of the contributing factors in dental environment that have been investigated in the literature and provides an insight into the possible explanations on the influence of these factors in pediatric patients.Being familiar with these factors would facilitate behaviour management in anxious children. The findings of the literature review give grounds to undertake studies investigating the influence of contributing factors in all pediatric age subgroups.
牙科恐惧和焦虑是一种心理反应，会严重干扰日常生活。它们是全球许多患者面临的问题，也是提供足够牙科护理的重大挑战。儿童牙科恐惧和焦虑的多因素病因确定了许多不同风险因素对其发展的影响。本文旨在分析有关儿童牙科恐惧和焦虑相关的不同因素的科学文献。我们对文献的综述对文献中研究过的牙科环境中的促成因素进行了批判性分析，并深入探讨了这些因素对儿科患者的影响的可能解释。熟悉这些因素将有助于管理焦虑儿童的行为。文献综述的结果为开展研究提供了依据，以调查所有儿科年龄亚组中促成因素的影响。
