Alhareky Muhanad, Nazir Muhammad Ashraf, AlGhamdi Lamia, Alkadi Mariam, AlBeajan Noura, AlHossan May, AlHumaid Jehan
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Clin Cosmet Investig Dent. 2021 May 18;13:187-194. doi: 10.2147/CCIDE.S310026. eCollection 2021.
Dental anxiety is a barrier to dental care utilization and is associated with poor oral health outcomes. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between dental anxiety of mothers and dental caries of their children in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of mother-child pairs (N= 199) in Dammam, AlKhobar, and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dental caries experience among children was determined using dmft/DMFT indexes following the World Health Organization's guidelines. Maternal dental anxiety was assessed by using the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS).
The mean ages of mothers and children were 33.98 ± 5.41 and 6.74 ± 2.29 years, respectively. The mean dmft score was 4.3 ± 3.99 in primary dentition and the mean maternal dental anxiety score was 13.89 ± 5.33. Ninety-two percent of mothers had low to extreme dental anxiety and only 8% reported no dental anxiety. Dental caries experience in primary teeth was higher in children of dentally anxious mothers (mean dmft 4.45 ± 3.92) than the children of mothers who were non-anxious (mean dmft 2.56 ± 4.59) (P=0.07). The mean maternal anxiety score was significantly higher in children with untreated decay in primary dentition (14.49 ± 5.08) than those with sound primary dentition (12.24 ± 5.67) (P = 0.008). The study also found a statistically significant correlation between maternal dental anxiety and untreated decay in the primary dentition (Pearson's r =0.171, P = 0.015).
Dental anxiety was highly prevalent among mothers in the present study. There was a significant relationship between maternal dental anxiety and untreated decay in the primary dentition. Awareness should be raised among dentally anxious mothers to reduce the burden of dental caries in their children.
牙科焦虑是利用牙科护理的一个障碍，并且与不良的口腔健康结果相关。本研究的目的是评估沙特阿拉伯东部省份母亲的牙科焦虑与其子女龋齿之间的关系。
在沙特阿拉伯达曼、胡拜尔和宰赫兰对199对母婴样本进行了一项横断面研究。按照世界卫生组织的指南，使用dmft/DMFT指数确定儿童的龋齿经历。通过使用改良牙科焦虑量表（MDAS）评估母亲的牙科焦虑。
母亲和儿童的平均年龄分别为33.98±5.4¹岁和6.74±2.29岁。乳牙列的平均dmft得分为4.3±3.99，母亲的平均牙科焦虑得分为13.89±5.33。92%的母亲有低度至极度牙科焦虑，只有8%报告无牙科焦虑。牙科焦虑母亲的子女乳牙列的龋齿经历（平均dmft 4.45±3.92）高于无焦虑母亲的子女（平均dmft 2.56±4.59）（P=0.07）。乳牙列有未治疗龋齿的儿童的母亲焦虑平均得分（14.49±5.08）显著高于乳牙列健康的儿童的母亲（12.24±5.67）（P = 0.008）。该研究还发现母亲的牙科焦虑与乳牙列未治疗龋齿之间存在统计学显著相关性（Pearson相关系数r =0.171，P = 0.015）。
在本研究中，牙科焦虑在母亲中非常普遍。母亲的牙科焦虑与乳牙列未治疗龋齿之间存在显著关系。应提高牙科焦虑母亲的认识，以减轻其子女的龋齿负担。
